On February 2, 2023, the Assembly Committee on Rural Development held an informational hearing featuring a presentation by Steven Deller, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics on “The Status of Wisconsin’s Rural Economy.”
On January 27, 2023, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will hold a livestock siting technical expert committee meeting. The livestock siting law requires that DATCP convenes a group of experts every four years to provide technical advice on the standards used in ATCP 51. This is the administrative rule that sets […]
On January 5, 2023, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection held a soil and water resource management rule stakeholder meeting. ATCP 50 is the administrative rule used by DATCP to implement state and federal laws. It covers soil and water resource management grants to counties, county resource management planning, conservation compliance for farmland preservation […]
On December 22, 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection held a livestock siting technical expert committee meeting. The livestock siting law requires that DATCP convenes a group of experts every four years to provide technical advice on the standards used in ATCP 51. This is the administrative rule that sets the […]
On September 12, 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s Wisconsin Poultry Emergency Management Committee met. Agenda: United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service updates Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab updates Wisconsin Department of Health Services updates 2022 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) response overview Fall 2022 HPAI […]
On August 17, 2022, the Wisconsin Agricultural Export Advisory Council (WAXC) held an interim meeting for members on export data sources and reporting. This is an informational meeting only. Agenda Welcome – Secretary Randy Romanski WEDC Export Data for Manufactured Products DATCP Dairy Meat and Crop product categories and Harmonized System (HS) codes, Year to […]
On June 27, 2022, Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative held a press conference to announce priorities for milk pricing reform. Speakers include: Tim Trotter, CEO of Edge Mitch Davis of Davis Family Dairies in Le Sueur, Minn. Dr. Marin Bozic, a dairy economist at the University of Minnesota
On May 31, 2022, Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with Wisconsin Farmers Union representatives Sarah Lloyd and Tina Hinchley to share their outlook on the dairy industry and potential policy solutions. June is Dairy Month and Wisconsin, America’s Dairyland, ranks 2nd in the nation for milk production and first for cheese. The dairy industry is […]
On May 31, 2022, Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with Wisconsin Farmers Union representatives Sarah Lloyd and Tina Hinchley to share their outlook on the dairy industry and potential policy solutions. June is Dairy Month and Wisconsin, America’s Dairyland, ranks 2nd in the nation for milk production and first for cheese. The dairy industry is […]
On May 18, 2022, the Rotary Club of Madison hosted Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Randy Romanski to discuss “Diversity and Importance of Wisconsin Agriculture and Impact on State Economy.”
On April 27, 2022, Wisconsin Rural Partners will hosted the 2022 Rural Summit – A Collaboration for Rural Success. Agenda: 8:30 am | Welcome / Kick off 9:30 am | Rural Broadband – How do “we” get started! 10:45 am | Public Safety Services in Rural Communities 12:00 pm | Lunch Top Rural Development Initiative […]