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MWFPA has signed on to a multi-industry letter in support of legislation designed to curb the abusive practice of "sue and settle," where advocacy groups sue federal agencies seeking to compel them to specific actions, such as issuing new regulations. 

H.R. 712, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act," is expected to come to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote this week.  Passage of H.R. 712 would shed light on the "sue and settle" process and help to make agencies more accountable to the public when they seek to enter into settlement agreements.

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Members of the MWFPA Raw Products Committee along with the WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Association have met with University of Wisconsin researchers to discuss the importance of filling two vacant research positions in the College of Agriculture and Land Sciences (CALS). 

The vacant positions are those that MWFPA contracts with to carry out its vegetable research.  As a result of the meeting the two groups wrote letters of support to the Dean of CALS outlining our past financial support to the University and urging them to fill the positions.  It is estimated that in the past five years MWFPA has funded over $222,000 in UW research alone.  The growers have spent over $3 million in the past 10 years.