(MADISON, WI) — Today, Wisconsin farmers held a press conference highlighting the Trump administration’s failed agriculture policies that are making it harder and harder for small farmers to make ends meet. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was visiting the Wisconsin Dairy Expo to try to distract farmers from the Trump administration’s record of broken promises. In response to Perdue’s comments that small farms just needed to get bigger if they want to survive, Jerry Volenec, a dairy farmer from Grant, said, “What I heard today from the secretary of agriculture was there’s no place for me.” Darin Von Ruden, a third

Attorney Tom Kamenick is proud to announce the launch of the Wisconsin Transparency Project, Wisconsin’s only law firm dedicated to enforcing open records and open meetings laws.  The Project’s mission is to provide no- and low-cost legal representation to people and organizations around the state  facing issues with government transparency. “Wisconsin’s open government laws are very strong,” said Kamenick, the Project’s President and Founder, “but they are woefully underenforced.  The Attorney General and District Attorneys frequently receive complaints of violations, but rarely if ever prosecute them.  That leaves it up to individuals and organizations to file lawsuits on their own.” Bill

MADISON – Earlier today, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue said at the World Dairy Expo that he didn’t know if small family dairy farms can survive as the industry evolves. “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” Perdue told reporters and farmers gathered to meet him. Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU), a grassroots family farm organization representing a diverse array of farms, is disappointed in the secretary’s comments. This follows not long after Perdue’s insensitively joked that farmers are “whiners” at Minnesota Farmfest. WFU President and third-generation dairy farmer Darin Von Ruden, whose family runs a 50-cow