Wisconsin farm production expenditures totaled $14.7 billion in 2022, $3.06 billion more than 2021, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2022 farm production expenditures summary report says feed expenses, up 48 percent to $3.31 billion, represented the largest single production expense in Wisconsin in 2022. Feed accounted for 23 percent of the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Farm services, up 4 percent to $1.64 billion, was the second largest expense and accounted for 11 percent of total expenditures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest percentage increases from last year were for livestock (up 70 percent), and farm improvements and construction (up 57 percent). The only percentage decrease from last year were for trucks and vehicles (down 19 percent).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"