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WI Stat § 93.51 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.51 - Farmer assistance.

93.51  Farmer assistance. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Farmer" has the meaning given in s. 93.50 (1) (d).(b) “Farming" has the meaning given in s. 102.04 (3). (2)  Assistance program. (a) The department may provide consultation and assistance to distressed farmers, which may include but is not limited to providing employment and retraining counseling for farmers needing employment other than farming, operating a program in which volunteers advise or counsel farmers about financial matters and other concerns and operating a crisis hotline for farmers.(b) The department may make grants to low-income farmers for the purpose of paying all or part of the tuition for a farmer who enrolls in a course on farm and business management techniques offered by a technical college.(c) The department may promulgate rules necessary to implement this section. (3)  Advisors. (a) The department may select volunteers to provide advice and counseling services to distressed farmers. Advisors shall have expertise and experience in relevant areas of knowledge.(b) The department shall provide any necessary training to advisors.(c) Advisors shall be compensated for travel and other necessary expenses in amounts approved by the department.(d) Advisors and the department shall keep confidential all information obtained in the process of providing advice or counseling, except for aggregate data compiled by the department at not less than a countywide level that does not contain any reference to the identity of any individual or individual farm. Any such confidential information contained in a record is not subject to the right of public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1). This paragraph does not apply to information relating to possible criminal misconduct.History:  1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 399; 1997 a. 264; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 93.52 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.52 - Dairy farmer exit-entry program.

93.52  Dairy farmer exit-entry program. The department shall administer a program to assist in the transfer of farm operations from persons exiting the dairy industry to persons wishing to enter the industry, including assistance in negotiating the financial and legal aspects of farm transfers. The department shall keep confidential information obtained under the program. Any such information contained in a record is not subject to the right of public inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1).History:  1997 a. 264.
WI Stat § 93.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.55 - Chemical and container collection grants.

93.55  Chemical and container collection grants. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Chemical" means a chemical, including a pesticide, that is used for agricultural purposes.(b) “Pesticide" has the meaning given in s. 94.67 (25). (2)  Collection grants. The department may award a grant to a county for a chemical and container collection program. A grant under this subsection may not fund more than 75 percent of the cost of a program. Costs eligible for funding include the cost of establishing a collection site for chemicals and chemical containers, the cost of transporting chemical containers to a dealer or distributor for refill and reuse or to a hazardous waste facility, as defined in s. 291.01 (8), and costs associated with the proper use and handling and disposal or recycling of chemicals and chemical containers. Grants shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (va). (2m)  Farmer liability. To the extent permitted under federal regulations, a county establishing a chemical and container collection program under sub. (2), in cooperation with the department, shall ensure that a farmer, as defined in s. 102.04 (3), who participates in the program is not liable for chemicals or chemical containers collected under the program after the farmer relinquishes control over the chemicals or chemical containers.History:  1989 a. 335; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 227; 2003 a. 33; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 93.57 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.57 - Household hazardous waste.

93.57  Household hazardous waste. The department shall administer a grant program to assist municipalities and regional planning commissions in creating and operating local programs for the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste. The department may also provide grants under this section for county, municipal, and regional planning commission programs to collect unwanted prescription drugs. The department may not make a grant under this section in an amount that exceeds 75 percent of the cost of a program. The department shall allocate two-thirds of the funds available from the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (7) (va) in each fiscal year for grants under this section.History:  1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 227 s. 699; Stats. 1995 s. 299.41; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33 s. 2481s; Stats. 2003 s. 93.57; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 93.59 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.59 - Producer-led watershed protection grants.

93.59  Producer-led watershed protection grants. (1) The department shall make grants for nonpoint source pollution abatement activities conducted with the assistance of producer-led groups that comply with sub. (2). The department shall make a grant directly to the producer-led group, except that, if the group is not a legal entity, the department may only make the grant to a legal entity on behalf of the group. (2) The department may provide a grant under sub. (1) if all of the following apply:(a) The producer-led group includes at least 5 agricultural producers each of whom operates an eligible farm, as defined in s. 91.86 (1), in one watershed. The group may include additional agricultural producers who are not required to be operators of eligible farms.(b) The group is formed through a memorandum of understanding with the collaborating entity under par. (c).(c) The group collaborates with at least one of the following:1. The department.2. The department of natural resources.3. A county land conservation committee.4. The University of Wisconsin-Extension or the Discovery Farms program of the University of Wisconsin-Extension.5. A nonprofit conservation organization.(d) The group assists agricultural producers in the watershed under par. (a) to voluntarily conduct nonpoint source water pollution abatement activities.(e) The group contributes matching funds equal to at least 50 percent of eligible costs. (3) A producer-led group that receives, or on whose behalf a legal entity receives, a grant under this section shall annually file a report with the department describing the activities conducted with the grant and the impact of those activities on water quality in the watershed under sub. (2) (a). (4) The department may promulgate rules that do all of the following:(a) Define “legal entity" for the purposes of this section.(b) Specify the application process for a grant under this section.(c) Specify activities that may be conducted using a grant under this section. (5) In any fiscal year, the department may not provide more than $40,000 to any single producer-led group or legal entity on behalf of the group.History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59; s. 35.17 correction in (title), (1), (2) (a), (3).
WI Stat § 93.68 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.68 - Grants for meat processing facilities.

93.68  Grants for meat processing facilities. (1) Definition. In this section, “meat processing facility" means a plant or premises where animals are slaughtered for human consumption, or where meat or meat products are processed, but does not include rendering plants. (2)  Grants. The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (f) to meat processing facilities for the purpose of promoting the growth of the meat industry in this state.History:  2021 a. 58.
WI Stat § 93.70 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.70 - Conservation reserve enhancement program.

93.70  Conservation reserve enhancement program. (1) The department may expend funds from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (wf) to improve water quality, erosion control and wildlife habitat through participation by this state in the conservation reserve enhancement program as approved by the secretary of the federal department of agriculture under 16 USC 3834 (f) (4). (2) The department may not make a payment under sub. (1) to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the department a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).History:  1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 33.
WI Stat § 93.80 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 93 - Department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.|93.80 - Arsenic in wood.

93.80  Arsenic in wood. The department, jointly with the department of safety and professional services, shall review scientific evidence to determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that wood treated with copper, chromium, and arsenic is harmful to the environment or to human health. History:  2001 a. 16; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 94.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.01 - Plant inspection and pest control authority.

94.01  Plant inspection and pest control authority. (1) In the conduct of survey and inspectional programs for the detection, prevention and control of pests, the department may impose quarantines or such other restrictions on the importation into or movement of plants or other material within this state as necessary to prevent or control the dissemination or spread of injurious pests. (2) In accordance with sub. (1), the department, by summary order, may prohibit the removal of any plant, host plant, or other pest-harboring material from any private or public property, or any area of the state which in its judgment contains or is exposed to injurious pests, except under such conditions as in its judgment are necessary to prevent the dissemination or spread of pests, giving written notice thereof to the owner or person in charge of the property. While such order is in effect no person with knowledge thereof shall cause or permit the removal of any such plant, host plant or other pest-harboring material from such property or area, unless it is in compliance with the conditions of such order. Orders issued under this subsection shall be in writing, have the force and effect of an order issued under s. 93.18, and are subject to right of hearing before the department, if requested within 10 days after date of service. Any party affected by the order may request a preliminary or informal hearing pending the scheduling and conduct of a full hearing. (3) No person may obstruct or interfere with the examination or testing, by authorized inspectors and agents of the department, of any plants or other material suspected of being infested or infected with any injurious pests; nor may any person move any plants, plant parts, pests or pest-harboring materials contrary to the terms of any quarantine, rule, notice or order under this section. (4) The department, through its authorized agents or inspectors, may enter at all reasonable times any property for purposes of inspection, investigation and control of suspected pest infestations or infections and may intercept, stop and detain for official inspection any person, truck, vessel, aircraft or other conveyance believed to be carrying plants or other materials infested or infected with pests, and may seize and destroy any such plants or other materials moved, shipped or transported in violation of any law, rule, quarantine notice or order.History:  1975 c. 394 s. 18; Stats. 1975 s. 94.01.
WI Stat § 94.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.03 - Shipment of pests and biological control agents; permits.

94.03  Shipment of pests and biological control agents; permits. (1) No person may sell or offer for sale, or move, transport, deliver, ship or offer for shipment, any pest, as defined in s. 93.01 (10) or any biological control agent as defined in sub. (2), without a permit as prescribed by rules of the department. Such rules may provide for reasonable exemptions from permit requirements. Permits may be issued only after the department determines that the proposed shipment or use will not create sufficient hazard to warrant refusal of a permit. Permits shall be affixed to the outside of every shipping container or accompany the shipment as the department directs. (2) The department may by rule regulate and control the sale and use of biological control agents to assure their safety and effectiveness in the control of injurious pests and to prevent the introduction or use of biological control agents which may be injurious to persons or property or useful plant or animal life. The term “biological control agent" as used in this section means any living organism which because of its parasitic, predatory or other biological characteristics may be effective for use in the suppression or control of pests by biological rather than chemical means.History:  1975 c. 394 ss. 6, 17; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (20).
WI Stat § 94.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.11 - Special inspections; fees.

94.11  Special inspections; fees. Persons applying for any special inspection and certification of nursery stock or other plants or material as to freedom from infestation or infection shall pay a reasonable fee to cover travel and other expenses of the department.History:  1975 c. 394 s. 23; Stats. 1975 s. 94.11.
WI Stat § 94.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.26 - Cranberry culture; maintenance of dams, etc.

94.26  Cranberry culture; maintenance of dams, etc. Any person owning lands adapted to the culture of cranberries may build and maintain on any land owned by the person such dams upon any watercourse or ditch as shall be necessary for the purpose of flowing such lands, and construct and keep open upon, across and through any lands such drains and ditches as shall be necessary for the purpose of bringing and flooding or draining and carrying off the water from such cranberry growing lands, or for the purpose of irrigation, fertilization and drainage of any other lands owned by the person; provided, that no such dams or ditches shall injure any other dams or ditches theretofore lawfully constructed and maintained for a like purpose by any other person.History:  1993 a. 492.This section exempts cranberry growers from the permit requirements of s. 30.18 for diversion of water for agricultural purposes. State v. Zawistowski, 95 Wis. 2d 250, 290 N.W.2d 303 (1980).
WI Stat § 94.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.27 - Liability for damages.

94.27  Liability for damages. Any person who builds or maintains any dam or constructs or keeps open any ditch or drain under s. 94.26 is liable to persons whose lands are overflowed or otherwise injured by the dam, ditch or drain for the full sum of damages sustained, which shall be ascertained under s. 94.28 and recovered under ss. 94.28 to 94.30.History:  1993 a. 492; 1997 a. 253.
WI Stat § 94.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.28 - Arbitrators to fix damages.

94.28  Arbitrators to fix damages. (1) If a person claiming damages from a dam, ditch or drain cannot agree with the person liable to pay the damages under s. 94.27, the damage claimant shall select one disinterested arbitrator and give notice of the selection to the person against whom the damages are claimed. The person from whom damages are claimed shall, within 10 days after receipt of the notice, select another disinterested arbitrator, not of kin to any of the parties interested in maintaining the dams, ditches or drains, and give notice of the selection to the claimant and to the persons selected as arbitrators. (2) (a) The persons selected as arbitrators under sub. (1) shall, within 20 days after notice of their appointment, do all of the following:1. Appoint a disinterested 3rd person to act as arbitrator with them.2. Fix a time and place at which the arbitrators shall meet to determine the claimant's damages.3. Give notice of the appointment of the 3rd arbitrator and the time and place of hearing to the interested parties.(b) At the time and place fixed under par. (a) 2., the arbitrators shall view the premises and hear the proofs and allegations of the parties. Within 10 days thereafter, the arbitrators, or any 2 of them, shall make duplicate statements of the proceedings had by them and of the amount that they order to be paid to the claimant for the claimant's damages and the amount to be paid by the respective parties for the arbitrators' fees and the costs of the proceedings. The arbitrators shall deliver a copy of the statement and order to each party. Within 20 days thereafter, the amount so ordered shall be paid by the party of whom required unless an appeal is taken as provided under s. 94.29.History:  1993 a. 492; 1997 a. 253.
WI Stat § 94.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.29 - Appeal.

94.29  Appeal. If either party is not satisfied with the award the party may, within 10 days after the delivery of the copy thereof to him or her, serve upon either of the arbitrators notice of appeal from their award to the circuit court of the county in which the lands or any part thereof are situated and pay to the arbitrators the whole amount of their fees plus the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (8) (am) 1.; and if the party required to pay the damages gives notice of an appeal therefrom he or she shall file with the notice of appeal an undertaking, signed by 2 or more sureties, to be approved by at least 2 of the arbitrators, in double the amount of the award, conditioned to pay any judgment that may be rendered against the party upon appeal. Upon filing the notice of appeal and undertaking, when required, the arbitrators, or 2 of them, shall, within 10 days, make and sign a full statement of the proceedings had by them and of their award and file the same with the clerk of circuit court and pay the fee prescribed in s. 814.61 (8) (am) 1.; and thereupon the clerk shall enter an action in which the claimant is the plaintiff, which shall be deemed then at issue, and proceedings shall be had thereon in like manner as in other civil actions in the court. Unless the appellant obtains a more favorable judgment upon appeal, he or she shall pay costs; otherwise, the respondent.History:  1981 c. 317; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 94.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.30 - Rights on payment.

94.30  Rights on payment. (1) If neither party appeals from the award under s. 94.28 and the responsible party pays the full amount of damages and costs awarded within the time prescribed under s. 94.28 (2) (b) or if, upon an appeal, a final judgment is rendered in favor of the claimant and the responsible party pays the judgment and all costs awarded to the claimant within 60 days after entry of the final judgment, that responsible party shall have the perpetual right to maintain and keep the dams, ditches or drains that caused the damage in good condition and repair. Neither the responsible party nor the responsible party's assigns shall be liable for the payment of any further damages on account of the dams, ditches or drains. (2) If the responsible party fails to make payment as described in sub. (1) within the applicable prescribed time, the responsible party shall forfeit all right under this chapter to maintain the dams, ditches or drains that caused the damage.History:  1993 a. 492; 1997 a. 253.
WI Stat § 94.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.31 - Service of notice.

94.31  Service of notice. In all cases arising under ss. 94.26 to 94.30 when it shall be necessary to serve any notice upon any person who may be out of the state or whose whereabouts shall not be known to the person desiring to serve the same, such notice may be served upon any agent or employee of such person who may be found within this state, and such service shall have the same effect as if it was made upon the party interested.
WI Stat § 94.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.32 - Pay of arbitrators.

94.32  Pay of arbitrators. The arbitrators appointed under s. 94.28 shall each receive $3 per day for their services, to be paid in whole or in part by either party as the arbitrators determine.History:  1997 a. 253.
WI Stat § 94.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.35 - Cranberry Growers Association.

94.35  Cranberry Growers Association. The Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association shall obtain and publish information relative to the cultivation and production of cranberries. The association shall hold semiannual meetings in August and January at such place as it shall determine.History:  1983 a. 524.
WI Stat § 94.36 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 94 - Plant industry.|94.36 - Certified seed potatoes.

94.36  Certified seed potatoes. (1) Prohibition; waiver. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may plant 5 or more acres of potatoes in this state in a calendar year unless all of the seed potatoes that will be used for planting in this state by the person are certified under ch. ATCP 156, Wis. Adm. Code.(b) The department, upon the request of one or more growers, may waive the prohibition under par. (a) for seed potatoes of a specific variety or genotype for a growing season if there are not enough certified seed potatoes of that variety or genotype reasonably available to growers during that calendar year and the department determines that the seed potatoes of that variety or genotype that will be used for planting do not pose a serious disease threat. (2)  Records. (a) A person who plants 5 or more acres of potatoes in this state in a calendar year shall retain all of the following records, for each field planted, for a period of 3 years after planting:1. The name and location of the person from whom the seed potatoes were purchased.2. A copy of the sales contract and invoice for the seed potatoes.3. The certification tag for the seed potatoes.(b) Records required to be retained under par. (a) are open to inspection by the department during normal business hours. A person required to retain records under par. (a) shall provide a copy of those records to the department upon request. (3)  Penalties. (a) Any person who plants potatoes in violation of sub. (1) in a calendar year shall forfeit not more than $150, plus not more than $150 for each full acre planted in violation of sub. (1).(b) Any person who fails to retain, allow inspection of, or provide copies of records in violation of sub. (2) shall forfeit not more than $200.History:  2017 a. 46.