They Mortgaged Three Wisconsin Farms to Build World Dairy Expo. Four Years Later It Was Nearly Bankrupt.

They Mortgaged Three Wisconsin Farms to Build World Dairy Expo. Four Years Later It Was Nearly Bankrupt.

In 1967, three dairymen put their farms up as collateral on a $100,000 note so North America’s best cattle would have a ring worth hauling to. Buck Owens and Dolly Parton played the first few years to rows of empty seats, and Expo came within an inch of taking Crescent Beauty, Gray View and Norvic […] The post They Mortgaged Three Wisconsin Farms to Build World Dairy Expo. Four Years Later It Was Nearly Bankrupt. first appeared on The Bullvine.