Application period open for Grow Wisconsin 30x20 grants

Nov 19, 2015

Applications must be submitted by Friday, December 18

Dairy producers and processors in Wisconsin are being encouraged by the state’s Department of Agriculture and by Governor Scott Walker to apply for Grow Wisconsin 30x20 grants.

“Wisconsin’s safe, high-quality dairy products are respected locally and around the world,” said Governor Walker. “In order to promote the continued success of Wisconsin’s dairy industry, we started the Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30x20 initiative. As a part of that initiative, this grant will help Wisconsin’s dairy farms improve efficiencies and enhance profitability.”

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The grants aim to improve Wisconsin’s dairy industry by investing in dairy farm projects and other problem solving solutions facing the producers and processors.

Recipients can receive as much as $5,000 and would need to pay a cost share of 20% of the total grant amount. The grants can also be customized to hire consultants to address specific business needs.

The goal of Dairy 30x20 is to assist the dairy industry annually produce 30 billion pounds of milk by 2020 to meet the growing consumer demands.

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service:

Wisconsin has more than 1.2 million dairy cows as of January 2015
Each cow produced about 21,869 pounds of milk in 2014
Total milk production in 2014 was more than 27 billion pounds
Total value of milk in 2014 was more than $6 billion

Producers and processors must submit their applications by Friday, December 18^th, 2015.

Join the conversation and tell us if you’ll consider applying for a Dairy 30x20 grant. Where on your farm would the grant money have the most impact?

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