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Wisconsin Dairy 30X20 grant applications due soon

Dairy farmers with plans to make their operations more profitable have until January 15^th to apply for Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30×20 grants.  The grants can be up to $5,000 and can be used to cover costs involved with business planning, financial analysis, farm transition planning or farm transfers.  Project design and production improvement plan costs qualify as well.

The Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30×20 program was developed to support the viability and diversity of Wisconsin’s dairy industry in the long term and to help reach a goal of producing 30 billion pounds of milk annually by 2020.

Applications are due to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) by January 15, 2015. Application materials and more information are available at http://datcp.wi.gov/Farms/Dairy_Farming/Grow_Wisconsin_Dairy_Grant.