U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced that she secured an additional $3.45 million for Wisconsin’s dairy businesses through her Dairy Business Innovation Initiative (DBII) — a program she created under the 2018 Farm Bill to help dairy businesses across the country grow, innovate, and reach new markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced over $11 million total for DBIIs across the country to support small and mid-sized dairy businesses.
This year’s funds are being awarded to the four current DBI Initiatives at California State University, Fresno; the University of Tennessee; Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets; and the University of Wisconsin. The initiatives will use the funding to provide technical assistance and subaward funds to dairy farmers and businesses across their regions, supporting them with business plan development, marketing, and branding, as well as increasing access to innovative production and processing techniques to support the development of value-added products.
Since 2018, Wisconsin’s DBII has delivered nearly $40 million to support statewide dairy businesses.
