AB 874

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

to direct a study conducted by the UW System that includes examining and

evaluating all of the following: 1) funding and staffing levels for UW agricultural

programs; 2) current curriculum for agricultural programs offered at UW schools,

along with proposals for enhancing this curriculum; 3) the financial, technical, and

other problems that Wisconsin farmers currently face, along with proposals to solve

or mitigate these problems; and 4) the programs, approaches, and strategies

implemented by other states to better support their agricultural industries. The

study must include an evaluation and assessment of how factors 1) to 3) currently

support Wisconsin farmers and Wisconsin's agricultural industry, along with

proposals for strengthening or enhancing this support, and must include data relied

upon to support the study's conclusions. The Board of Regents must submit to the

legislature a report addressing all of these matters by approximately nine months

after the bill's effective date.