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Dairy Farm Entrants |
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All Dairy Farms1 |
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| Characteristic |
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(1996) |
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(1997) |
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| Number of respondents |
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321 |
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1,019 |
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| Average age principal operator (years) |
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34.3 |
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46.9 |
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| Average size milking herd (includes dry cows) |
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43.9 |
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65.9 |
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| Farms by herd size (%) |
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| 0 to 24 cows |
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25.9 |
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7.7 |
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| 25 to 49 cows |
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39.4 |
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36.8 |
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| 50 to 74 cows |
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27.2 |
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31.5 |
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| 75 to 99 cows |
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4.7 |
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11.0 |
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| 100 or more cows |
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2.8 |
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12.9 |
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| Total |
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100.0 |
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99.9 |
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| Tenure and labor force (%) |
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| Operator owns some farmland |
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60.4 |
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95.1 |
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| Operator rents some farmland |
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57.6 |
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69.1 |
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| Employs regular, nonfamily workers |
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18.4 |
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36.8 |
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| Management practices (%) |
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| Production records kept on individual cows |
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54.4 |
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66.9 |
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| rBST use |
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5.4 |
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11.8 |
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| TMR machinery |
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16.2 |
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23.8 |
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| Parlor milking facility |
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4.4 |
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9.4 |
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| Rotational grazing 2 |
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29.6 |
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14.8 |
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| Family Background (%) |
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| Operator or spouse farm reared |
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88.2 |
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99.1 |
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| Inherited or purchased farm from relative |
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18.4 |
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61.0 |
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| Off-farm work (%) |
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| Operator works off-farm |
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33.8 |
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15.4 |
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| Spouse works off-farm |
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40.1 |
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35.4 |
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| Either or both works off-farm |
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55.5 |
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41.0 |
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| Source of most household income (%) |
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| All from farming |
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34.4 |
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54.1 |
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| Most from farming |
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17.8 |
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38.3 |
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| Most from off-farm |
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47.9 |
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7.6 |
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| Total |
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100.1 |
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100.0 |
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| Notes:
1 = Random sample of all Wisconsin dairy operations conducted
by PATS in spring, 1997. |
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| 2 = Relied on pastures
to feed milking cows and moved cows as least once/week to fresh pastures. |
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