Register August 2011 No. 668
Chapter ATCP 161
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET PROMOTION
Subchapter I — Agricultural Diversification and Development Program
ATCP 161.03 Grant requirements.
ATCP 161.04 Grant terms and conditions.
ATCP 161.05 Application procedures.
ATCP 161.06 Grant application review and award determination.
ATCP 161.07 Grant contracts.
ATCP 161.09 Program administration.
ATCP 161.10 Application materials.
Subchapter II — "Something Special From Wisconsin" Program; Permit and User Fees
ATCP 161.22 Permit required.
ATCP 161.23 Permit application.
ATCP 161.24 Annual permit fees.
ATCP 161.25 Products and commodities; eligibility requirements.
ATCP 161.26 Prohibitions.
Subchapter IV — "Buy Local" Grant Program
ATCP 161.42 Grant program; general.
ATCP 161.43 Grant terms and conditions.
ATCP 161.44 Grant proposals.
ATCP 161.45 Evaluating grant proposals.
ATCP 161.46 Grant contracts.
Subchapter V — Accountability Requirements
ATCP 161.52 Grant or loan contract; general.
ATCP 161.54 Large grants or loans; contract requirements.
ATCP 161.56 Penalties and remedies for false statement or contract breach.
ATCP 161.01
ATCP 161.01
Purpose. This subchapter establishes procedural requirements for administration of the agricultural diversification and development grant program under s.
93.46, Stats.
ATCP 161.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1991, No. 425, eff. 6-1-91; am.
Register, March, 1993, No. 447, eff. 4-1-93; am.,
Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99;
CR 10-122: am.
Register July 2011 No. 667, eff. 8-1-11.
ATCP 161.02
ATCP 161.02
Definitions. As used in this subchapter:
ATCP 161.02(1)
(1) "Department" means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
ATCP 161.02(3)(a)
(a) A partnership, firm, association, corporation or other legal entity.
ATCP 161.02(3)(b)
(b) A cooperative organized under
ch. 185, Stats., whether or not operated for profit.
ATCP 161.02(4)
(4) "Sustainable agriculture" means agricultural methods, practices or systems that promote the long term viability of agriculture by conserving available resources, minimizing the use of nonrenewable resources, or providing viable alternative uses of available resources.
ATCP 161.02 Note
Note: "Sustainable agriculture," as defined in sub. (4), includes but is not limited to sustainable agriculture as defined in s. 93.47, Stats. (Section 93.47, Stats., was repealed by
2007 Wis. Act 125.)
ATCP 161.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1991, No. 425, eff. 6-1-91; am. (intro.);
Register, March, 1993, No. 447, eff. 4-1-93; cr. (4),
Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99.
ATCP 161.03(1)(1)
General. The department may award grants under s.
93.46, Stats., to individuals or organizations to fund demonstration projects, feasibility analyses, and applied research directed toward new products, technologies and practices that will stimulate agricultural development and diversification of economic activity within agriculture.
ATCP 161.03(2)
(2) Allowable purposes. The department may not award a grant under
sub. (1) unless the project has at least one of the following purposes:
ATCP 161.03(2)(b)
(b) New capital investment and expansion in the agricultural industry.
ATCP 161.03(2)(d)
(d) Diversification and expansion of the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
ATCP 161.03(2)(e)
(e) Commercial application of new technologies or practices related to agricultural products.
