In 2007, Wisconsin ranked ninth nationally in the total market value of agricultural products sold. Wisconsin’s agricultural producers sold $2.6 billion worth of crops (such as grain, vegetables, fruit, and tobacco) and $6.3 billion of livestock and their products (such as cattle, hogs, milk, eggs). What county was the top producer in Wisconsin?

In 2007, there were more farmers age 65 and older in Dane County than farmers under the age of 45.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2007 Census of Agriculture reveals that the vast majority of the farms and farmland in Dane County are family owned.

In 2007, the 3,331 farms in Dane County produced $470 million in agricultural products. That is more than any other county in Wisconsin, and puts Dane County in the top 2 percent of all counties in the U.S.

Wisconsin has retained its crown as the Dairy State with 14,158 dairy farms, according to the recently released 2007 Census of Agriculture. However, based on the number of dairy cows, California wins with 1.8 million. Wisconsin ranks second with 1.2 million.

In Dane County, there were 4,141 people employed in farming in 2005.

The cost of petroleum products purchased by Dane County farmers increased 27 percent between 2003 and 2004