Category: Legal Updates

Via Wisconsin Public Radio: Property rights advocates are hailing a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling in favor of a proposed large-scale dairy farm in central Wisconsin. Opponents of Golden Sands Dairy insist they are not defeated. The company wants to house 5,300 cows and grow vegetables on almost 6,400 acres of land in Wood County's Town of Saratoga. … Continue reading Wisconsin Supreme Court Removes Hurdle For Large-Scale Dairy Farm

Via WSAU: MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overruled an appeals court and granted the owners of a proposed dairy operation in the Central Wisconsin town of Saratoga the right to use over 6300 acres of land despite a town zoning ordinance The case of Golden Sands Dairy LLC vs the Town … Continue reading State Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Saratoga Dairy

Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the owners of a proposed large-scale dairy near Wisconsin Rapids can farm 6,388 acres of related land despite a town zoning ordinance. The court, in a 5-2 decision, reversed an appeals court's 2017 ruling that building permits for the proposed 5,300-cow dairy did not … Continue reading Saratoga Not Giving Up After State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Proposed Dairy

Via Associated Press: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court removed a regulatory hurdle Tuesday for a large-scale dairy farm in central Wisconsin, ruling that the farmers’ right to use thousands of acres for crops was locked in when they filed their building permit. Wisconsin is the nation’s second-leading milk producer. Dairy operations in … Continue reading Wisconsin Court Clears Way for Large-Scale Dairy Farm