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12023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 53
June 13, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Agard, Felzkowski, Hesselbein, Jacque, Knodl, Pfaff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wanggaard, cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Gustafson, Plumer, Novak, Allen, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bare, Behnke, Binsfeld, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Drake, Edming, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, S. Johnson, Kitchens, Kurtz, Magnafici, Michalski, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Nedweski, O’Connor, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Petryk, Ratcliff, Rettinger, Rozar, Schmidt, Schraa, Schutt, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Steffen, Stubbs, VanderMeer and Wittke. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
2Relating to: proclaiming June 2023 as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.
3Whereas, since 1937, the observation of Dairy Month in June has given Wisconsinites an opportunity to recognize the special role dairy has played in the state’s agricultural heritage; and
4Whereas, as early as the 1840s, dairy farmers from New York, then the nation’s leading dairy producer, migrated to Wisconsin and established a foothold for the dairy industry; and
5Whereas, in 1872, the Wisconsin Dairyman’s Association was founded with the goal of improving methods of making, selling, and marketing dairy products such as cheese and butter; and
6Whereas, at the turn of the century, Wisconsin’s own Stephen Babcock developed a means to test the butterfat content of milk, which revolutionized the dairy industry by enabling standards of quality that could be used to establish milk prices; and
7Whereas, by the onset of World War I, Wisconsin surpassed all other states in dairy production; and
8Whereas, starting in 1940, Wisconsin cemented its reputation as “America’s Dairyland” by placing this slogan on license plates; and
9Whereas, today, over 1.28 million cows across nearly 6,000 dairy farms call Wisconsin home; and
10Whereas, the dairy industry contributes about $45.6 billion to the state economy annually; and
11Whereas, as a key part of this industry, Wisconsin cheesemakers produce over 600 kinds of cheese and together produce over a quarter of the nation’s cheese; and
12Whereas, because it has touched so many Wisconsinites’ lives, past and present, the dairy industry comprises a central component of Wisconsin heritage and identity; and
13Whereas, in the month of June, the people of Wisconsin acknowledge the contributions of the state’s hard-working dairy farmers, who have made dairy a pillar of the state’s success; and
14Whereas, these dairy farmers’ unwavering dedication to the highest standards of quality have consistently moved Wisconsin forward; now, therefore, be it
15Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the legislature hereby proclaims June 2023 as Dairy Month in Wisconsin.
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