Minnesota's Dairy Industry

Minnesota's Dairy Industry
By Brigid A. Doherty, Graduate Research Assistant and George W. Morse, Professor and Extension Economist, Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota.

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Contents
  1. Introduction to Minnesota's Dairy Industy
  2. Sales from Minnesota's Dairy Industry
  3. Introduction to Impact Analysis
  4. Employment Impacts
  5. Income Impacts
  6. Comparison of Dairy Industry to Selected Companies
  7. Limitations of this Study

    References


H i g h l i g h t s

Minnesota's Dairy Industry:
  • Minnesota is the nation's fifth largest milk-producing state.
  • Dairy production accounted for approximately 13% of the total value of agricultural production in Minnesota for 1997.
Employment Impacts:
  • Dairy producers and processors employ more than 22,037 persons.
  • Other industries that supply inputs to the dairy industry or to firms directly supplying the industry employ 22,222 persons.
  • The 44,259 employees working in dairy production, processing, and supply industries create additional local jobs through their spending. In total, their spending adds another 9,437 jobs in Minnesota.
  • Overall, the spin-off industries (suppliers and consumer sectors) employ over 31,659 persons.
  • In total, the dairy industry supports 53,696 jobs in Minnesota.
Income Impacts:
  • Dairy producers and processors earned incomes of $1,022 million in 1997.
  • Other spin-off industries earned over $1,398 million because of the dairy industry in 1997.

Sponsored by
The Minnesota Dairy Leaders Roundtable
The American Dairy Association of Minnesota

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