The
President of Wisconsin Farmers Union is disappointed by the loss of Brad Pfaff
as the state’s Agriculture Secretary.
Darin Von
Ruden tells Brownfield Pfaff was very qualified for the job. “When you look at Brad’s history here in the
State of Wisconsin and his ties to agriculture, he certainly knows agriculture
inside and out all the way from working on his family’s dairy farm in the Melrose
area to working with our state agencies through some of his previous jobs.”
Wisconsin
Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden says the State Senate vote to not
confirm Brad Pfaff as Ag Secretary was purely political. “He really was, in my opinion, doing a great
job at the department, and it’s too bad that politics, you can tell by the
straight party-line vote, got rid of the Secretary of Ag for the first time in
35 or 40 years that there’s been an appointee not put through.”
Looking ahead, VonRuden names a possible replacement and emphasizes the importance Farmers Union places on the state’s livestock siting rule updates.
