SYLVESTER TOWNSHIP - Town of Sylvester officials voted 2 to 1 Monday to extend a six-month moratorium on large-scale farms to help ensure it can pass a permanent ordinance aimed at farms with more than 500 animals. Town Chairwoman Anna Anderson made the motion to extend the moratorium, which expires Thursday, an additional three months in order to give Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection enough time to review the town's Large Scale Livestock Siting ordinance. "Because DATCP has not acted and not gotten back to our attorney ...
Sylvester extends moratorium