Agriculture board backs SB 72 to merge conservation boards
The state agriculture board unanimously endorses SB 72, a bill by Senator Thomas Harnisch to merge the Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts into the Agriculture Department. The measure would replace county soil and water panels with county land conservation committees and aims to improve pollution control and local input amid Harnisch recall efforts.
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State Ag Board
Thomas Harnisch
D-Neillsville
State Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
State Agriculture Department
State Agriculture Board
Harnisch
Wysocki
Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation Boards
Carol Knox
Jefferson
ASCS
State Ag Department
Sen. Harnisch
BSWCD
Jim Arts
State land board plan replaces multiple agencies
At the state level a single Land Conservation Board would replace the state Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Agriculture Land Preservation Board. The new board would include three county appointees, two from the governor, and the state agriculture and administration secretaries. County groups would regulate soil and water conservation, while the state board would collect statewide data and develop model regulations for counties. Public hearings would replace county referenda for regulation changes.
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Arts
State Board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Agriculture Land Preservation Board
State Departments of Agriculture and Administration
Senate push to block USDA lunch rule changes
Sen. John Melcher leads a non binding move in the Senate to oppose proposed USDA changes to the school lunch program. The plan would classify ketchup and relish as vegetables and soybean meat as meat, cut portions of meat vegetables bread and milk, and seek to preserve nutritional value for federal aid. Melcher argues the proposals lack justification and could trigger further unsafe changes. The resolution will be reviewed by the Senate Agriculture Committee later this month.
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Senate
Agriculture Department
John Melcher
Dmont
Sen. Melcher
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Farm Business Arrangements class to start November 16
UW Extension hosts five part program on Farm Business Arrangements from November 16 to December 14 evenings. Experts John Ambrosius and Robert Luening join Philip Harris to explain farm structure choices from partnership to corporations and their tax impacts. Registration by November 6 with a fee of 18 dollars, 23 for couples sharing materials.
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UW Extension Department of Law
John Ambrosius
Uw-Platteville
Robert Luening
Uw-Extension
Mr. Harris
Uw-Extension Department of Law
University Ave
Madison
New corn wilt detected in Wisconsin crops areas
Goss's wilt and blight, a bacterial corn disease first seen in Nebraska in 1969, has been found in several southern Wisconsin counties. No immediate economic threat, but alert for symptoms. field losses in the Midwest up to 50 percent. Disease linked to Corynebacterium nebraskense likely via diseased seed corn. UW-Madison and state agriculture officials confirm findings.
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Goss
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Deane C. Amy
Uw-Madison
State Department of Agriculture
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Agriculture and Extension
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Pam Wiley
DNR
Mr. Arts
Cameron Village
Cameron Creamery
Sanna Dairies
Beatrice Foods
George Czerwonka
Washington, D.C
ETN
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Uwextension
Harris
David Stockman
Department
Lyng
St. Paul
Rogers United Miller, Inc
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Russell Lund
Woodville
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the Central Livestock Association
St. Paul, Minn
Glenn Nelson
Spring Valley, Wis
CILRA
St. Paul Minn
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St. Croix Co
Tom Green
Sparta
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Duane Johnson
Mgr. Ettrick
Ettrick Market
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