News

Roads, water, immigration top WFBF issues

 

Jim Holte-Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President

Jim Holte-Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President

The President of Wisconsin Farm Bureau says many of this year’s big issues affecting Wisconsin farmers will carry into 2017.

Jim Holte tells Brownfield, “The critical issues probably are transportation funding, high capacity wells for irrigation and livestock needs, certainly also water quality and how we go forward to better protect our resources across the urban and rural landscapes.”

Holte tells Brownfield he’s hopeful political change at the national level brings much-needed relief to farmers.  “We hope for some relief on the sense of regulations that have gone forth in this past administration, and also at the national level, we’re going to be strong proponents of rational immigration policy that allows agriculture to access workers needs when it cannot access them from the local public here in Wisconsin.”

 

At its annual meeting, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau voted to support the mandatory livestock premises registration program, support the state’s existing fence law requiring each landowner to maintain half of the fence, and support repealing atrazine restrictions in almost 100 pesticide restriction zones in Wisconsin .  Delegates also support a national resolution seeking lower somatic cell limits to improve milk quality.

Holte will attend meetings next week where national resolutions will be prepared for the January American Farm Bureau Federation meetings in Phoenix.

Holte and his wife Gayle raise beef cattle in Dunn County.

Add Comment

Your email address will not be published.


 

Stay Up to Date

Subscribe for our newsletter today and receive relevant news straight to your inbox!