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Wisconsin farmers, manufacturers brace for drop in sales to Canada amid new tariffs

BARRY ADAMS
Sep 12, 2026
Sep 12, 2026 Updated 26 mins ago

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The products include cheese, milk powders and other dairy products used for bulk food production.

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Tariffs between Canada and the U.S. — Workers at Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese near Waterloo tend a vat of fresh cheddar cheese curds. Milk used to make the curds comes directly from the neighboring Crave Brothers Farm and has led to award-winning cheeses for the company, which has been making cheese for 20 years.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES

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Tariffs between Canada and the U.S. — Alice in Dairyland Anastasia Poull, center, and DATCP Secretary Randy Romanski, right, join Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers as he attends his final Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in July at Redetzke's No Joke Dairy near Stratford.
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Tariffs between Canada and the U.S. — John Umhoefer, right, executive director of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, is seen here in 2019 looking over racks of aging cheddar at Wisconsin Aging & Grading in Little Chute.
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