威州州长埃弗斯致信农业部长：要求撤销乳业创新计划25%配套资金新规
威斯康星州州长托尼·埃弗斯10月20日致信美国农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯，正式要求撤销一项突然出台的政策：2026财年乳业商业创新计划（DBII）新增25%配套资金要求。埃弗斯在信中警告，该计划的四个区域中心由公立大学、州农业机构和非营利行业组织运营，无力满足新的配套资金门槛；如果农业部不撤回该条款并重新发布资助公告，这些中心将被迫停止运作，小型乳业企业将失去产品多元化、扩大加工产能和开拓新市场所需的关键资金与技术支持。
埃弗斯指出，这一行政负担来得正值农业生产者面临严重干旱、燃料成本高企和市场剧烈波动的艰难时期。他与28个乳业行业组织及联邦参议员塔米·鲍德温组成的联盟共同呼吁罗林斯，以实际行动兑现农业部支持美国奶农的承诺，迅速取消配套规则。
威斯康星州是全美乳业大州，乳业创新计划长期为奶农、奶酪制造商和加工企业提供资金与技术援助。
Wisconsin Gov. Evers Writes to Agriculture Secretary: Scrap the Dairy Innovation Program's New 25% Match Requirement
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers wrote to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on October 20, formally asking her to reverse a suddenly introduced policy: a new 25% matching-funds requirement for the Fiscal Year 2026 Dairy Business Innovation Initiative (DBII).
Evers warned in the letter that the program's four regional centers — run by public universities, state agriculture agencies and nonprofit industry organizations — cannot meet the new match threshold; if USDA does not withdraw the provision and reissue the funding announcement, the centers will be forced to shut down, and small dairy businesses will lose critical funding and technical support for diversifying products, expanding processing capacity and opening new markets. Evers noted that the administrative burden arrives at a difficult time for agricultural producers facing severe drought, high fuel costs and sharp market volatility.
Together with 28 dairy industry organizations and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, he urged Rollins to back USDA's commitment to America's dairy farmers with action and cancel the match rule quickly.
Wisconsin is one of the nation's leading dairy states, and the innovation initiative has long provided funding and technical assistance to dairy farmers, cheesemakers and processors.
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