Background for Decisions about Wisconsin's Dairy Industry

Rethinking Dairyland is a series of leaflets focusing on aspects of the competitive environment facing Wisconsin dairy farmers and processors. Authors are faculty in several departments in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Readers interested in a more comprehensive treatment of the issues discussed in the leaflets are directed to larger papers in the Supporting Materials section. Papers are not formally reviewed.

Leaflets:

• How Do They Do It Down Under? New Zealand Dairy Producers Have Huge Exports and Low Costs
  Louis, Armentano, Norman Olson, Edward Jesse and William Dobson
  No. 8, December 2004, 4 pages
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
• Can We Make the Milk that Cheese Makers Need?
  George Shook, Randy Shaver, Pamela Ruegg & William Wendorff
  No. 7, July 2004, 8 pages
  Contact authors c/o George Shook at geshook@wisc.edu
• Opening Up Global Dairy Trade: Will it Help or Hurt Wisconsin Dairying?
  William Dobson and Edward Jesse
  No. 6, April 2003, 8 pages
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
• Is Wisconsin Milk Worth More
  Robert Cropp and Edward Jesse
  No. 5, December 2002, 4 pages
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
• A Fairer Shake from Federal Programs?
  Ed Jesse, Tom Cox and Bob Cropp
  No. 4, October 2002, 4 pages
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• Facing Up to the Western Dairy Boom
  Edward V. Jesse
  No. 3, October 2002, 4 pages
  Contact author at evjesse@wisc.edu
• Got Jobs?
  Steven C. Deller
  No. 2, June 2002, 4 pages
  Contact author at scdeller@wisc.edu
• Wisconsin's Dairy Industry Today: Where It Is and How It Got There
  Edward V. Jesse
  No. 1, June 2002, 4 pages
  Contact author at evjesse@wisc.edu

Supporting Materials:

• The Dairy Sectors of New Zealand and Australia: A Regional Study
  Louis Armentano, William Dobson, Edward Jesse, Norman Olson
  Babcock Discussion Paper, No. 2004-3, 2004, 59 p
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
  
• Rethinking Dairyland: Milk Composition, Quality and Production Efficiency--Where Does Wisconsin Stand?
  George Shook, Randy Shaver, Pamela Ruegg & William Wendorff
  Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, No. 78E2, March 2003, 33 p
  Contact authors c/o George Shook at geshook@wisc.edu
  
• World Trade in Dairy Products and the U.S. Role: An Illustrated Primer
  Ed Jesse
  Babcock Discussion Paper, No. 2003-2, 28 p
  Contact author at evjesse@wisc.edu
  
• Rethinking Dairyland: Growing Wisconsin Dairying -- Is Liberalized International Dairy Trade the Answer?
  William D. Dobson
  Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, No. 78E, August 2002, 20 p
  Contact author at Dobson@aae.wisc.edu
  
• Rethinking Dairyland: Farm Level Milk Prices -- Is Wisconsin Competitive
  Bob Cropp and Ed Jesse
  Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, No. 78D, January 2003, 16 p
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
  
• Rethinking Dairyland: The Effects of Federal Dairy Programs on the Competitiveness of Dairying in Wisconsin
  Ed Jesse, Tom Cox, Bob Cropp and Randy Fortenbery
  Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, No. 78C, September 2002, 27 p
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
  
• Rethinking Dairyland: Wisconsin and U.S. Dairy Industry Trends
  Ed Jesse, Brad Barham and Bruce Jones
  Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, No. 78B, September 2002, 11 p
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu
• Rethinking Dairyland: Background for Decisions About Wisconsin's Dairy Industry
  College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, No. 78A, May 2002, 28 p
  Contact authors at evjesse@wisc.edu