Editing Wisconsin (section)

===Agriculture===
{{Main|Agriculture in Wisconsin}}
{{see also|Wisconsin dairy industry|Wisconsin cheese}}
[[File:Dunnum Family's Top of the Town dairy farm near Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|Dairy cows at a [[Wisconsin dairy industry|Wisconsin dairy farm]]]]

Wisconsin produces about a quarter of America's cheese, leading the nation in cheese production.<ref name=USDA>"Total Cheese Production Excluding Cottage Cheese—States and United States: February 2010 and 2011" in United States Department of Agriculture, [http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/dary0411.pdf ''Dairy Products''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113150907/http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/dary0411.pdf |date=January 13, 2012 }}, p. 13.</ref><ref>"American Cheese Production—States and United States: February 2010 and 2011" in United States Department of Agriculture, [http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/dary0411.pdf ''Dairy Products''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113150907/http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/dary0411.pdf |date=January 13, 2012 }}, p. 14.</ref> It is second in milk production, after [[California]],<ref>"Milk Cows and Production—23 Selected States: March 2011 and 2012" in United States Department of Agriculture, [http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/current/MilkProd/MilkProd-04-19-2012.pdf ''Milk Production'']{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=Beta7 |fix-attempted=yes }}, p. 3.</ref> and third in per-capita milk production, behind California and [[Vermont]].<ref>"Table 6: Per Capita Milk Production by State, 2003" in CITEC, [http://www.citec.org/test/dairy_industry_study_020105.pdf ''The Dairy Industry in the U.S. and Northern New York''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081730/http://www.citec.org/test/dairy_industry_study_020105.pdf |date=April 26, 2012 }}, p. 25.</ref> Wisconsin is second in butter production, producing about one-quarter of the nation's butter.<ref>Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, [https://archive.today/20130105104124/http://www.wisdairy.com/Upload/statistics/wi_rank_nation_dairy_industry_2007.gif Wisconsin's Rank in the Nations's Dairy Industry: 2007]</ref> Wisconsin requires cheese and butter makers to hold a license for production, being the only state in the US to require certification for either.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malina|first=Chris|date=June 1, 2016|title=Want To Make Cheese In Wisconsin? It's Harder Than One Might Think|url=https://www.wpr.org/want-make-cheese-wisconsin-its-harder-one-might-think|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=Wisconsin Public Radio|language=en|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907200215/https://www.wpr.org/want-make-cheese-wisconsin-its-harder-one-might-think|url-status=live}}</ref>

The state ranks first nationally in the production of corn for [[silage]], [[cranberries]],<ref name="USDA Cran">U.S. Department of Agriculture. [https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Wisconsin/Publications/Crops/2022/WI-Cranberries-Annual-05-22.pdf ''Wisconsin Ag News– Cranberries''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517111240/https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Wisconsin/Publications/Crops/2022/WI-Cranberries-Annual-05-22.pdf |date=May 17, 2024 }}, May 4, 2022, p. 1.</ref> [[ginseng]],<ref name="USDA Gin">United States Department of Agriculture. ''[https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_US/usv1.pdf 2012 Census of Agriculture: United States Summary and State Data, Vol. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206190206/https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_US/usv1.pdf |date=December 6, 2017 }}''. Washington, DC: 2014, pp. 475–476.</ref> and [[snap beans]] for processing. It grows more than half the national crop of cranberries.<ref name="USDA Cran"/> and 97% of the nation's ginseng.<ref name="USDA Gin"/> Wisconsin is also a leading producer of [[oat]]s, potatoes, carrots, tart [[cherries]], [[maple syrup]], and [[sweet corn]] for processing.

The significance of the state's agricultural production is exemplified by the depiction of a Holstein cow, an ear of corn, and a wheel of cheese on Wisconsin's [[state quarter]] design.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=173693| title=Doyle flips decision, puts cow on quarter| last=Walters| first=Steven| work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel| access-date=March 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070321031237/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=173693|archive-date = March 21, 2007}}</ref> The state annually selects an "[[Alice in Dairyland]]" to promote the state's agricultural products around the world.<ref>Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. [https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Growing_WI/AliceInDairyland.aspx Alice in Dairyland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525200457/https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Growing_WI/AliceInDairyland.aspx |date=May 25, 2017 }}.</ref> The prominence of the dairy industry in Wisconsin has led to Wisconsin being known as "America's Dairyland",<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Wisconsin Known For?|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-wisconsin-known-for.html|access-date=September 7, 2021|website=WorldAtlas|date=October 24, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907214906/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-wisconsin-known-for.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Urdang"/> which was made the official state slogan in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 23, 2012 |title=Wisconsin State Symbols |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2908 |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=Wisconsin Historical Society |language=en |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907200207/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2908 |url-status=live }}</ref>