NUMBER OF DAIRY HERDS, INCLUDES SHEEP AND GOATS, WISCONSIN, 1/
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
							Number
2003	16,968	16,907	16,865	16,764	16,623	16,557	16,455	16,397	16,327	16,242	16,135	16,073
2002	17,782	17,711	17,666	17,594	17,518	17,420	17,366	17,314	17,248	17,174	17,104	17,029
2001	19,096	18,970	18,845	18,693	18,506	18,380	18,245	18,163	18,053	18,009	17,909	17,833
2000	20,715	20,645	20,574	20,419	20,217	20,053	19,897	19,779	19,656	19,512	19,397	19,232
1999	21,899	21,816	21,741	21,624	21,501	21,397	21,267	21,149	21,077	20,962	20,873	20,785
1998	23,158	23,054	22,963	22,799	22,614	22,491	22,387	22,311	22,216	22,106	21,971	21,925
1997	24,953	24,835	24,739	24,566	24,323	24,167	24,039	23,890	23,776	23,635	23,404	23,257
1996	26,356	26,329	26,205	26,041	25,867	25,689	25,526	25,447	25,340	25,223	25,127	25,034
1995	27,631	27,566	27,480	27,346	27,167	27,034	26,887	26,822	26,724	26,649	26,504	26,449
1994	29,040	28,910	28,801	28,641	28,446	28,323	28,248	28,142	28,040	27,938	27,842	27,761
1993	30,434	30,305	30,218	30,125	29,972	29,841	29,729	29,637	29,529	29,386	29,273	29,064
1/Based on data from the Dairy Producer License list as of the beginning of the month, Division of Food Safety, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.