Recently, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association announced that they support the continued and effective use of Wisconsin’s drainage laws as a means to manage water in the Central Sands and across the state.
According to the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association, Wisconsin’s drainage laws are essential to maintaining agricultural land and ensuring healthy crops in areas where farmland is wet. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection, state that approximately one-third of farms in Wisconsin depend on constructed drains to remove the excess water from their land.
In Wisconsin there are even municipal corporations under Wisconsin law that bring landowners to together in an effort to maintain drains.These corporations are classified as Drainage Districts, and they allows farmers and other landowners to work as a group to govern activities within drains and to cooperative and fairly pay for drainage maintenance and repair. The Drainage Districts are governed by Drainage Boards. The boards are bodies that are responsible for the daily administration and management of drainage districts. Board powers are established under Wisconsin statutes and provide clear mechanisms for the construction, operations, maintenance and repair of drains across the state.
The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association will continue to support the effective operation and governance of drains and drainage districts by Wisconsin drain boards. The continued operation of these drains and Drainage Districts are essential to farming potatoes and vegetables, as well as other crops, across Wisconsin.
For more information about the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association click,http://wisconsinpotatoes.com/
