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Climate change’s extreme weather effects cause trouble for Wisconsin dairy farmers

Quoted: According to Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at UW-Madison, the rate of farm closures doubled this year alone. “We are seeing many more farms exiting the industry this year than what is normal for us,” Stephenson said. “It’s typical for us to lose between 3 and 4 percent of dairy farms. Now we are losing 8 percent.”