An Eastern Wisconsin Senator’s clean water bill has been signed into law.
The measure, written by Senator Andre Jacque, now known as Act 21, removes a regulatory barrier, helping make manure composting more economically viable for Wisconsin farmers.
Under the previous law, fertilizers distributed in Wisconsin were required to contain a combined weight of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that is at least 24 percent of the total weight of the fertilizer.
This requirement made many compost-based organic products effectively unsellable in Wisconsin.
Sen. Jacque called it a “win-win measure that removes a barrier to making the environmental and agricultural best practice of manure composting more economically viable for Wisconsin farmers, while reducing pressure on dairy farms to excessively spread manure.”
He also told SeehaferNews.com, “This new law will help farmers sell the valuable organic products created through the composting process, which have become profitable revenue streams in other states.”
