The WI State Senate voted along party lines Tuesday against the nomination of Brad Pfaff, who would have led the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP). It was the first time in decades that the Senate has rejected a governor’s nominee to serve in his cabinet. Read more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Recently, MWFPA Processor Member Lodi Canning was featured in an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. As you are aware, Lodi Canning is a family-owned business and a long standing member of the Association. The company bills itself as the only single-plant privately owned cannery in Wisconsin and its niche is canned cream-style corn. Company […]
Whether you are a production manager, in the purchasing department, part of HR, an engineer, or the CEO, MWFPA’s 115th Annual Convention has educational programming for you! This year’s convention includes informative breakout sessions with expert speakers with real world experience covering numerous topics from groundwater discharge, Blockchain, and pest control, to cyber security and […]
The FDA recently announced that it does not intend to take enforcement actions on new nutrition labeling requirements for the first six months following the January 1, 2020 compliance date for businesses with more than $10 million in annual food sales. The FDA recently added a statement to its “Industry Resources on the Changes to […]
MN State Rep. Tim Mahoney (DFL-St. Paul) has announced he will retire at the end of his current term. First elected in 1998, Mahoney, a retired pipefitter, served on many jobs-related committees throughout his tenure, including as the current chair of the House Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division. He sponsored the wage-theft law that […]
Former Army Ranger Keni Thomas will be among the keynote speakers at MWFPA’s 115th annual convention, December 3-5 at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The highly successful movie “Blackhawk Down” was based on Thomas and his Army company’s mission in Mogadishu, Somalia where he and his fellow Rangers distinguished themselves […]
According to POLITICO, House lawmakers today will unveil a bipartisan ag labor package that would offer a path to legalization for farmworkers and expand the H-2A visa program for foreign labor. It’s a long shot for passage, but the sponsors are hoping their approach garners support from both parties as well as agriculture and labor […]
Register and sponsor now for the MWFPA Convention and Expo to be in the printed program and the new 2019 MWFPA Convention App! DO YOU HAVE YOUR BOOTH? It’s getting down to the wire. Our convention program is already going to the printer this week. We don’t want you to miss getting your company name […]
The WI State Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions has a public hearing today on bills that would change how the state defines milk, dairy and meat products. Under the proposal, foods like almond milk and plant-based hamburgers would no longer be able to market themselves as a kind of milk or meat. […]
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (DNR) is expected to vote today on scope statements to address PFAS chemicals. The proposed rules would set some of the strictest standards in the country for PFOA and PFOS in groundwater . Based on initial compliance cost estimates prepared by the DNR last September, industry, local governments and ultimately […]