I remember a friend who lived in minnesota, but his family had "a hobby farm in wisconsin". Is hobby farming something special wrt wisconsin, does the state give hobby farms some sort of financial advantage, or does wisconsin just have a lot of farmland?
I don’t know about government incentives, but it does have tons of farmland and a culture of pride in WI dairy and agriculture. Parts of southern WI do a lot of tourist business for the Chicago area, and a break from urban life is part of that appeal.