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Sheboygan County Agriculture

Sheboygan County Agriculture. “Wisconsin and the Agricultural Economy” (Steve Deller, Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics. UW-Madison). Agriculture is a powerful economic force in Sheboygan County. Messages. Agriculture is a powerful economic force in our county.

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Sheboygan County Agriculture

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  1. Sheboygan County Agriculture

  2. “Wisconsin and the Agricultural Economy” (Steve Deller, Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics. UW-Madison)

  3. Agriculture is a powerful economic force in Sheboygan County.

  4. Messages • Agriculture is a powerful economic force in our county. • Agriculture stimulates economic activity. • Agriculture provides jobs. • Wisconsin agriculture is diverse. • All farms are important to Wisconsin’s economy.

  5. How important is agriculture to the county’s economy? • Agriculture accounts for $1.7 billionin economic activity. • Agriculture provides jobs for 9,170 county citizens. • Agriculture contributes $478.2 millionto the county’s total income. • Agriculture pays $44.2 million in taxes.

  6. Agriculture stimulates economic activity • Wisconsin agriculture generates more than $1.67 billion in economicactivity. • Includes the direct effect of agricultural production and value added processing. It also includes the way this activity circulates in the economy. • Every new dollar of sales of ag products generates an additional $.70 of economic activity in other parts of the county’s economy.

  7. $51.5 billion economic impact • Direct effect of agriculture is $1.3 billion. • Includes the sale of all farm products and value-added products. • Indirect effect creates another $225 million in economic activity. • Includes business-to-business purchases such as fuel, fertilizer, feed, farm equipment, veterinary services and crop consultants, to name a few. • Induced effect then generates another $116 million in activity. • Includes spending by workers in agriculture-related businesses and profits those businesses earn.

  8. Agricultureprovides jobs • Agriculture provides 9,170 jobs in Sheboygan County. • 12 percent of the workforce. • Every new job in agriculture creates an additional 0.9 jobs in Wisconsin.

  9. Agricultureprovides jobs Farm owners Farm employees Veterinarians Crop and livestock consultants Fees and fuel suppliers, Food processors Farm machinery manufacturers and dealers Barn builders Agricultural lenders

  10. Agriculture contributes to county income • Agriculture contributes $478.2 million or about 12.2 percent of Wisconsin total income. • Includes wages, salaries and benefits and profits of farmers, value-added processing and agriculture related businesses. • For every new dollar of agricultural income, an additional $0.70 of state income is generated.

  11. Agriculture pays taxes • Economic activity associated with Wisconsin agriculture generates more than $44.2 million in local and state taxes. • Does not include all property taxes paid to support local schools.

  12. Agriculture pays taxes

  13. Dairy’s impact inSheboygan County • Dairy is the largest part of Sheboygan County agriculture. • County milk producers and the dairy industry contribute more than $1.14 billion to the state economy. • The production and sale of milk accounts for $69.4 million. • Processing of milk into dairy products accounts for another $1.1 billion.

  14. Dairy’s impact inSheboygan County • One dairy cow generates $2,148 direct income to producers. • One dairy cow generates between $15,000 and $17,000 in economic activity. • 12 plants process dairy products in Sheboygan County. • County on-farm milk production and dairy processing accounts for about 4,870 jobs

  15. Horticulture is growingin Sheboygan County • The production of trees and plants for landscaping is a rapidly growing segment of our agricultural industry. • Greenhouses, tree farms, nurseries, and sod farms and other horticultural businesses add to the diversity of agriculture in the county. • Horticulture generates $3.1 million in state economic activity, providing 50 fulltime and many seasonal jobs.

  16. Sheboygan Countyagriculture is diverse • Dairy, livestock, field crops, animal products and vegetables are the primary commodities in Sheboygan County

  17. Sheboygan County agriculture is diverse

  18. Agriculture and theenvironment • Sheboygan County farmers own and manage the resources on 195,000 acres of land, 60 percent of all land in the state. • This includes pastures, cropland, woods and forests. • Farmers use conservation practices to protect the environment and provide habitat for wildlife.

  19. Research partners UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade andConsumer Protection

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