On each trip I take around the country, I’m not only impressed with the work farmers and ranchers are doing, but I’m also blown away by the beautiful landscapes and […]
Environmental Protection Agency Leadership Visits Wisconsin
As part of the Biden Administration’s Building a Better America Rural Infrastructure Tour, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leadership made a trip to Wisconsin this week. EPA Administrator Michael Regan stopped […]
WFBF Member Hosts EPA Officials on Dairy Farm
On Tuesday, August 11, Duane Ducat, co-owner of Deer Run Dairy LLC in Kewaunee, hosted a farm tour for EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Theide. […]
WFBF Member Hosts EPA Administrator on Dairy Farm
Chris and Tracey Elbe, owners of Golden E Dairy in West Bend, hosted a farm tour for EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on June 15. “Conservation and caring for the environment […]
WFBF Board Meets with EPA, White House Advisor and National Milk on Issues Facing Farmers
Last week, Wisconsin Farm Bureau board members and staff met with the Environmental Protection Agency at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to discuss the environmental regulations on Wisconsin farmers. Discussions […]
EPA Unleashing a Flood of Regulations
If there’s a wet spring, I can bet the farm that I will have standing and flowing water. This has always been a reality for those who farm in the […]
Army Corps Memos Reveal Dysfunction, Secrecy and Misconduct at EPA, American Farm Bureau Says
A cache of internal memos that federal regulators intended to keep private reveals a culture of secrecy, falsehood and dysfunction that permeated the Waters of the U.S. rulemaking process. Yesterday, […]
Farm Bureau Commends Attorney General on Waters of the U.S. Lawsuit
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation applauds Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel for joining a lawsuit to stop the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from implementing the […]
EPA’s New Water Rule Is Even Worse than Farmers Feared
The Environmental Protection Agency finally released its new “clean water” rule and actually managed to make it worse than we expected. Despite an unprecedented marketing campaign by EPA, the proposed […]
Wisconsin Farm Bureau to EPA: Ditch the Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency’s and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed changes to the Waters of the U.S. rule is a power grab by the federal government according to the […]
American Farm Bureau to Court: Stop EPA Privacy Abuses
The Environmental Protection Agency’s public release of farmers’ and ranchers’ personal information violates basic tenets of federal law, the American Farm Bureau Federation told a Minnesota federal court late Friday. […]
Farm Bureau Fights EPA, Tells Members to ‘Ditch the Rule’
The American Farm Bureau Federation today asked its members to resist a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that it says will impose unworkable regulations on the nation’s farms. […]