Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers speaks to the Wisconsin Pork Association 6/2/21
State Senator Howard Marklein told reporters before Wednesday’s Joint Finance Committee session the Republican-controlled budget-writing committee supports additional funding for the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection to help keep the meat supply chain moving. “In the past year, one of the things that has become pretty obvious is the bottleneck that exists in our small meat processing plants, and so we’re going to be adding four new meat inspectors.”
Marklein says the committee also wants to add money to assist with agricultural exports from Wisconsin.
