Alva Review-Courier -

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — America's Dairyland is hurting and a new task force plans to spend the next year figuring out how to save the industry that's integral to Wisconsin's economy and identity.

Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday announced creation of the task force tasked with coming up with recommendations to save the Wisconsin dairy industry, which pumps $43.3 billion into the state's economy every year, accounts for nearly 80,000 jobs and produces roughly 14 percent of the nation's milk — second only to California.

But the dairy industry has been struggling with collapsed milk and other commodity...