Wisconsin Senate to Take Up ROPS Bill
Thursday, November 21st, 2019 -- 1:40 PM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The Wisconsin State Senate is set to take up a bill that would provide money for farmers to install Rollover Protection Systems on their older tractors.Under SB35, about $150,000 would be allocated to the Marshfield Clinic's National Farm Medicine Center for the next three years to help fund its popular rebate program that reimburses farmers for part of their expenses in installing ROPS equipment. The NFMC typically covers 70 percent of such installations, which usually amounts to about $2,000.
More than half the tractors in Wisconsin do not have this projection, according to the group's findings. The Wisconsin ROPS Rebate Program was originally launched with philanthropic support provided to Marshfield Clinic through the Auction of Champions Fund a Need program.
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