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Wisconsin cranberry production totaled 5.04 million barrels in 2014, down from 6.02 million barrels in 2013, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Red Elephant Chocolate, which opened a cafe in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward in 2012, plans to open a second café on State Street in Madison next month.

Refuge Smoothie Cafe plans to open a kiosk in the BMO Harris Bradley Center, and yesterday applied to the city for a food dealer retail license for the space.

Start up craft brewer Raised Grain Brewing Company LLC plans to open a brewery and tasting room in a 2,480-square-foot space at 2244 W. Bluemound Rd. in Waukesha, according to plans submitted to the city.

Start up craft brewer Raised Grain Brewing Company LLC plans to open a brewery and tasting room in a 2,480-square-foot space at 2244 W. Bluemound Road in Waukesha, according to plans submitted to the city.

As the nation’s cranberry growers continue to struggle financially despite a huge U.S. government purchase of the tart fruit announced last month, the Wisconsin cranberry industry is set up to survive the economic downturn and increase its market dominance, an industry expert said.

Milwaukee-based restaurant company Lowlands Group has announced it will sell its Trocadero Gastrobar on Milwaukee’s East Side.

An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded that employees working in a 40-degrees-below-zero Fahrenheit freezer at Birds Eye Foods Inc. in Darien were left in the cold.

Milk production in Wisconsin during October totaled 2.34 billion pounds, up 2 percent over the previous October, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Wisconsin farms and agribusinesses have exported almost $2.8 billion worth of products to 138 countries so far in 2014, an increase of 17 percent over the same period in 2013.