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Monticello

The Evolution of a Swiss Barn

Posted on May 2, 2019

The expansion of Wisconsin’s dairy industry in the 20th century not only altered the economy of the state, but it also influenced the structure of the very barns that housed the bovine champions of the …

Posted in Agriculture & Environment, Economics, Science & TechnologyTagged Agriculture, Dairy Industry, food, Green County, Monticello, New Glarus, Swiss

The Swiss Roots of America’s “Dairyland”

Posted on October 1, 2018

When the wheat crop failures of the late nineteenth century jeopardized the incomes of many of Wisconsin’s immigrant farmers, the region’s Swiss population transitioned to a trade that they knew from the Old World: dairying …

Posted in Agriculture & Environment, Economics, Science & TechnologyTagged Agriculture, cheese, Dairy Industry, food, Green County, Monticello, New Glarus, Swiss

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