{"id":23341,"date":"2015-03-03T18:10:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfbf.com\/?p=23341"},"modified":"2015-03-03T18:10:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:10:05","slug":"wisconsin-beef-industry-continues-to-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfbf.com\/ag-newswire\/wisconsin-beef-industry-continues-to-thrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Beef Industry Continues to Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wfbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Arndt-Beef3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21340\" src=\"http:\/\/wfbf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Arndt-Beef3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beef cattle at feeder\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Wisconsin\u2019s nearly 15,000 beef producers and supporting industry have a significant impact on Wisconsin\u2019s general economy. Even as cow numbers decline nationwide, the Wisconsin beef industry is one of only ten states to have increased beef cow numbers over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWisconsin benefits from a strong beef industry. Nearly $7 billion in revenue is pumped into the economy annually, and the industry creates more than 35,000 jobs,\u201d says John Freitag, executive director of the Wisconsin Beef Council. \u201cThe Wisconsin beef industry is poised to continue this growth that positively impacts the local and state economy, creates jobs and allows consumers to continue to shop local.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin beef industry impacts state and local economies in a number of ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For every $100 of income generated by beef farms, an additional $117 of income is created elsewhere in the Wisconsin economy<\/li>\n<li>More than $200 million is provided annually to state and local governments through income, sales and property taxes<\/li>\n<li>More than $2 billion is provided to those who work in the beef industry through wages, salaries, dividends and other personal income drivers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Wisconsin Beef Council is a producer-funded, producer-directed organization dedicated to building demand for beef and veal through promotion, consumer education and research.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more fun facts about the Wisconsin beef industry\u2014including an infographic showing beef\u2019s impact in the state\u2014or to gather beef-filled recipes, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/app.bronto.com\/public\/?q=ulink&amp;fn=Link&amp;ssid=9652&amp;id=in2mbdm88jnu5bamyez50vuapzgyq&amp;id2=2a0x60ln56vk7txis339kenx2y000&amp;subscriber_id=azqxtdgpexgvvznnfgsbmhvpbbvjbpj&amp;delivery_id=aefbipgtabfhsgtargsbstytfsvubfn&amp;tid=3.JbQ.BrPoQw.F96s.AaxKCw..Ag2RXQ.b..l.BjLq.a.VE63Uw.VE63Uw.C4Y0Nw&amp;td=sLvS5E3PSGB3dRwdIz0fFg9tbvkzz820rWPHaQvpC_FgFOr-WoYe4Icga1r8X5sL2y_rblTJfr5KW4WPg4JoclOQ94fZNJb91Otc3U9xbwrVorWKNTjogQQNYsalpt8P4t6og97ktISYT9P0cWodaK6k9fLiTKsQPSHYrGkfkMikwC6C1z9iihpbMVMo0J5rtZ7Gbyf16N438\" target=\"_blank\">www.beeftips.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin\u2019s nearly 15,000 beef producers and supporting industry have a significant impact on Wisconsin\u2019s general economy. Even as cow numbers decline nationwide, the Wisconsin beef industry is one of only ten states to have increased beef cow numbers over the past 10 years. \u201cWisconsin benefits from a strong beef industry. Nearly $7 billion in revenue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[27],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wisconsin Beef Industry Continues to Thrive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wisconsin\u2019s nearly 15,000 beef producers and supporting industry have a significant impact on Wisconsin\u2019s general economy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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