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Riley Vetterkind
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Riley Vetterkind is a reporter for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Articles by Riley Vetterkind
Series: The Dairy State Economy
Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration
Why Immigrant Workers Became The Backbone Of Wisconsin's Dairy Business
Dee J. Hall
Wisconsin Watch
Riley Vetterkind
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Oct. 6, 2017 | 6 a.m.
Immigration as a top line issue for dairy farmers would have been unthinkable just a generation ago when Wisconsin's agricultural landscape was dominated by small and medium-sized dairy farms run by the families that owned them.