Governor Tony Evers celebrated June Dairy Month in Algoma on Monday with a stick of string cheese on the line and a conversation about the impact of the dairy processor grant program on one local business.
Chris and Ann Renard from Renards Cheese and Rosewood Dairy greeted Governor Evers and the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Randy Romanski to share how they have utilized a 2024 dairy processor grant funding to improve the engineering of their wastewater loadout building. The facility holds treated wastewater from the business’s cheesemaking process before spreading it on area fields. The wastewater loadout building is part of a larger expansion project for Renards Cheese. Governor Evers proposes an additional $1.2 million to support the Dairy Processor Grant Program, which supports Wisconsin’s dairy processors to support the state’s dairy supply chain. After visiting Renards Cheese and Grafton’s Lynn Dairy, Evers said seeing how these investments are making a difference in America’s Dairyland was important.
Evers’ proposals to benefit the dairy industry include doubling the funding for farmer mental health support, adding more money to the Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant Program, and creating a new pilot program to help support on-farm projects that improve resilience and efficiency of farm operations. He added that it is important to share these types of stories during budget negotiations with state Republicans, but expressed his pessimism that many of the priorities will be included in their version of the budget.
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