Wisconsin is “America’s Dairyland” — the slogan has been on Wisconsin license plates for more than 75 years. The state tops the U.S. dairy industry worth $40.5 billion with its 9.3 million milk-producing cows.
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Continue Reading Wisconsin Farm Bureau changes sides on raw milkThe latest Wisconsin lawmaker to promise to introduce a bill making raw milk legal in the dairy state is Rep. David Murphy (R-Greenville). After all, U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) rode into Congress on promises
Continue Reading Another Wisconsin Lawmaker Promises to Push for Legal Raw Milk Sales
A substitute raw-milk bill that still allows substandard testing was allowed out of the Wisconsin Senate Financial Institutions and Rural Issues Committee on Tuesday in Madison on a 3-2 vote. It means that, at some
Continue Reading Wisconsin Senate Committee OKs Substitute Raw-Milk Bill
Since a Wisconsin jury decided Vernon Hershberger did not need a license to sell raw farm products directly to consumers, he is not in a mood to support a bill to allow on-the-farm sales of
Continue Reading Wisconsin's Most Famous Raw-Milk Advocate Opposes Bill Requiring Licensing
Buoyed by the partial acquittal of Sauk County raw milk producer Vernon Hershberger, a Wisconsin state senator is going to try again to make it legal to sell unpasteurized milk and milk products in the
Continue Reading Raw Milk Bill Brought Back in America's Dairy State
For the first time since former Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill in 2010 to legalize the sale of unpasteurized milk in America’s dairy state, proponents in Wisconsin are getting their ducks in a row
Continue Reading Another Raw Milk Bill Being Prepared in America's Dairy State
