Farmers Cope, Even Thrive Among Subdivisions Still, Agriculture Continues to Fade in Exurbs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › April 20, 2009
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Waukesha -- Waukesha County, where crops and livestock are a $45 million business, lost more than 10% of its farms from 2002 to 2007, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture census of farming.
The farmers who are left in the county say they are adjusting to being surrounded by subdivisions, shopping centers and industrial parks, but there is no question the complexion of the county has changed and is likely to continue changing.See the full content of this document
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Farmers Cope, Even Thrive Among Subdivisions Still, Agriculture Continues to Fade in Exurbs
Known in the 1950s as "Cow County U.S.A." because it had more cows than any other county in the United States, Waukesha County farmland has dwindled by 12,000 acres since 2002, census figures show.
Farmer Ken Rosenow lost 90 acres to highway const...See the full content of this document
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