Ag groups push back against proposed farm siting rules

Representatives with the state’s largest agricultural groups say proposed changes to livestock siting rules aimed at giving local governments more say in the process would cause further harm to Wisconsin’s embattled farm industry.

Eleven groups, including the Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin Farm Bureau and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, signed the joint statement in opposition to the siting law revisions....

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Ken Notes: Arghhhhhhh!!!!! Follow the money. Dairy farms have lost their voice because large farms own the lobbying groups and the new regulations setting the number at 500 vs. 1,000 tips the scale. This was intentional and manipulative. Change the number to 1,000 head and see what happens. This is so obvious and we are being manipulated like -- well cattle...