National Ag News

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s plan to change which state agency regulates concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) is not popular with legislators.

Walker’s budget plan included a study about moving the regulation and permitting of CAFO’s from the state Natural Resources department to the Ag department.  The Senate and Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee tossed that item out during its budget discussions. The budget committee also eliminated Walker’s plan to dissolve the Bioenergy Council.

Moving CAFO oversight to the ag department is supported by Wisconsin’s Dairy Business Association. 

Continue reading Wisconsin legislators reject Governor’s CAFO move study at Brownfield Ag News.