Wisconsin Farm Bureau

Lawsuit Challenges DNR’s State Wolf Plan

Charges that private meetings with pro-wolf group influenced plan ignoring science and public comments.

Supreme Court Ruling Will Negatively Impact Wisconsin Wetlands

But perhaps not as much as other states.

Brewers’ State Lobbying Spending Soars

Spending $435,000 in last session. But three biggest spenders are manufactures, hospitals and realtors groups.

Evers Signs Bill To Expand Watershed Protection

Bipartisan bill expands lake and river protection grants.

Record $93 Million Spent by Outside Groups in 2022

$31 million more than total in 2018 and five times higher than in 2010.

State Program Will Train New Meat Processing Workers

$5 million in ARPA funding will train butchers needed by state's farmers.

Baldwin Introduces Bill to Support and Grow Wisconsin’s Livestock Farming and Meat Processing Industry

Legislation modeled off of Baldwin’s successful Dairy Business Innovation Act

Communities Ask Governor Evers to Veto Anti-Local Control Bill

Baldwin, Braun Lead Bipartisan Bill to Ease Barriers to Farmland Ownership for Next Generation

Seniors aged 65 and older own more than 40% of the agricultural land in the United States and cost remains major barrier for next generation

Gov. Evers Announces Appointments to Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence

30 task force members, national AI experts set to convene at public task force meeting Oct. 30 in Madison

Baldwin, Grassley Introduce Bill to Protect and Invest in Farmland Used for Renewable Energy Developments

Despite 83% of new solar projects being installed on farmland and ranchland, no current federal strategy exists for land management below solar arrays

Senators Baldwin, Grassley Introduce Legislation to Scrutinize Foreign-Owned American Farmland and Protect Rural Communities

Bipartisan Farmland Security Act of 2023 builds on Baldwin and Grassley’s work to bring transparency to foreign ownership in America’s heartland