Walker proposal to alter large farm regulation alarms environmentalists

After a proposal to study moving more regulatory authority of large farms from the Department of Natural Resources to the agriculture department was removed from his budget, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is again proposing to make the change.

Walker included the proposal in his rural agenda, which he released Thursday at the Governor’s Northern Economic and Community Development Summit.

In a list of bulleted items that address issues that include education, broadband access and rural healthcare, a press release from Walker’s office stated, “We will work with the legislature and the EPA to transfer regulatory authority over large farms from the DNR to DATCP to encourage the best use of technical expertise and create program efficiencies.”

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