Bill would create water-quality credit clearinghouse

Wisconsin farm organizations last week threw their support behind proposed legislation promoting a more streamlined process for nutrient trading in hopes of improving water quality throughout the state and putting public and private dollars to better use.

State Sens. Rob Cowles, R-Allouez, and Jerry Petrowski, R-Marathon, along with State Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, last week unveiled the “Pollution Prevention Partnership — Wisconsin’s Trading Marketplace” bill (LRB-1244)...

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Ken Notes: This sounds good on the surface but it would provide an out for CAFO`s that are killing our small farms. We need to read between the lines on these pieces of legislation.

I am also very nervous that our major farm lobbies are now forced to advocate for CAFO`s and no one is left to advocate for the small family farm. We are going to miss small farms and they soon will be gone. At that point milk like beer before it will be mass produced. We may need to bring tractors back to the square!