Wisconsin Finalizes Budget With $20 Million for Dairy Cattle Innovation

Jul 23, 2025

Governor Evers approved Wisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget, which included key funding that would enable more dairy farmers to modernize their equipment.

Although the budget deadline was June 30th, the Wisconsin legislature had fierce negotiations into the first week of July. The $111 billion budget was passed through both the House and Assembly in one day and signed into law by Governor Evers hours later on July 3rd.

Included in the budget was a last-minute amendment that added $20 million for a new Dairy Cattle Innovation Program. With program funding allocated, the state’s budget paves the way for AEM-endorsed Senate Bill 323.

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Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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