Old Order Dairy Farmers in Wisconsin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4491036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John A Cro (0009-0007-3372-7862, corresponding author), John A Cross |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-90 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167428.2021.1889344 |
| OpenAlex | W3131442888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Dairying among Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite farmers expanded through 2017, and by early 2018 Amish farms contained 12.9 percent of the state’s total dairy herds of cows, goats, and sheep. Old Order Mennonite herds comprised 5.0 percent. Faced with a variety of challenges, Wisconsin lost 198 Amish herds between April 2018 and July 2020, yet its number of Old Order Mennonite herds grew. Together, these groups operated over half of the dairy farms within 59 of Wisconsin’s towns in 2020. The paper examines the spatial patterns of expansion and contraction of Old Order dairying between 2012 and 2020, noting and explaining differences between the Amish and Mennonite farmers, as well as among the three conferences of Old Order Mennonites. Losses among the Amish were the greatest for can milk producers, yet 19 percent of Wisconsin’s Amish dairy herds were on certified organic farms in 2020
Agricultural science · Animal science · Biology · Geography · Herd · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |