Earlier this week, the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate met to debate various policy issues ahead of Wisconsin’s August 9th Primary. At the debate, the likely front runner in the field, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, signaled strong anti-CAFO sentiment rooted in complete falsehoods.
Read MoreRecently, the Kewaunee County Land and Conservation Committee released preliminary findings from a county-funded report which demonstrated that in the Village of Casco, the average age of nitrate contamination was 30 years old, and most importantly for policymakers, none of the nitrate contamination was generated after 2007.
Read MoreVenture Dairy Cooperative submitted comments to the SEC on its proposed rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.
Read MoreDairy farmers in the northwestern Wisconsin counties of Polk and Burnett are in a fight for their right to operate their family-owned farms, facing regulation from the town boards that govern their local municipalities.
Read MoreMidwest Environmental Advocates (MEA) recently published its Spring 2022 Advocacy Update which makes it clear that advocating for CAFO crushing regulations are top of mind. The update highlights a recently released report regarding the availability of land and manure spreading.
Read MoreToday, after direction from the US Supreme Court to revisit their adoption of the Democrat-drawn legislative district maps due to not being “race-neutral”, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed course and adopted the GOP-drawn legislative maps. The Democrat-drawn maps legislated some GOP members out of their own districts. In one case, a state Senator was bumped a half-mile out of his district.
Read MoreVenture Dairy Cooperative (VDC), Wisconsin Dairy Alliance (WDA) and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) stood up for large farms before the Wisconsin Assembly Agriculture Committee on Wednesday, as they were the only groups offering information only testimony to voice concern.
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