• An average of three farms close a day in Wisconsin.

Congressman Mark Pocan worries that the president and his aides are actually in the process of making things worse for Wisconsin dairy farmers.

“I am concerned that this administration isn’t prioritizing Wisconsin dairy farmers as they continue to face the brunt of his failed trade war,” said Pocan, who makes his home in the rural Town of Vermont in western Dane County. “At this time, I demand to know how the president will help — not hurt — Wisconsin farmers as they work tirelessly to compete in a global marketplace where this administration has tipped the scales against them.”

As part of that demand, Pocan and Wisconsin Democrats Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, recently signed on to a letter to U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer regarding reports that the administration has failed to defend the interests of Wisconsin dairy farmers in negotiations toward a vital bilateral trade agreement with Japan.