Agricultural Marketing Boards

General

• Wisconsin statute allows DATCP to adopt marketing orders for agricultural commodities.
• DATCP adopts marketing orders as administrative rules, following approval in a referendum of affected producers and handlers. 
• A marketing order may impose producer assessments, which may be used to finance market research and development, industrial research or educational programs. 
• A producer-elected marketing board collects and spends producer assessments for purposes authorized in the marketing order.

To date, DATCP has adopted marketing orders for the following commodities:

• Cherries
• Cranberries
• Corn
• Milk  -  Click here for Board of Director Election Information
  
• Soybeans
• Ginseng
• Potatoes
  
  
• Marketing boards operate independently, within the scope of their legal authority, subject to general supervision by DATCP. 
• Each marketing board is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation. 
• DATCP supervises the election of marketing boards and monitors marketing board operations for compliance with applicable statues and rules.
• DATCP may provide administrative services to a marketing board on a fee-for-service basis. 
• DATCP also initiates legal action, as necessary, to collect marketing order assessments.
• DATCP’s Agricultural Development Division coordinates activities related to marketing boards.
• Marketing board meetings are subject to the state open meetings law. 
• Each marketing board is responsible for complying with open meeting requirements, but DATCP also publishes open meeting notices based on information provided by the marketing boards.
• Marketing boards are responsible for keeping their own records, including minutes of marketing board meetings, unless they contract with DATCP to supply those services.
• Marketing board records are subject to the state public records law.