Dairy Belt

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The Dairy Belt ("dairy belt ") is the area with intensive dairy farming in the USA. It mainly includes the New England states and the region south of the Great Lakes .

In particular, immigrants from Ireland (in New England), Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia (at the Great Lakes) brought the traditional cattle breeding in their countries of origin with them and continued to practice it in their new homeland. For example, Wisconsin developed into a center for cheese production . Due to the different climatic conditions in the two sub-areas, grassland ( pasture farming ) in the Atlantic- influenced region , and fodder maize cultivation in the Great Lakes, forms the basis for cattle farming there .

Fresh milk and vegetables are predominantly produced near big cities, while butter, powdered milk and condensed milk are produced further away, for example in Minnesota . Corn cultivation and poultry farms are new in the Dairy Belt. In general, the Dairy Belt is nowadays characterized by a thoroughly diversified agricultural production.

See also

literature

  • Burkhard Hofmeister: North America. Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 1974³, Fischer Länderkunde Volume 6; there in particular chapter “The Dairy Belt”, p. 161ff.