Right to Farm in Grant County, WI (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Grant County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Farm Nuisance Protection

Grant County's public health nuisance ordinance excludes odors and animal wastes common to ordinary and approved agricultural practices from the nuisance definitions in § 191-5B and § 191-5D. The protection is limited to those practices, and manure storage on unincorporated farmland is separately regulated by Chapter 90, with forfeitures from $25 to $500 per violation.

Grant County, Wisconsin Nuisance Ordinance Farm Carve-Outs

Light Restrictions

Grant County Code § 191-5

B. Noxious odors: any negligent use of property, substance or device within the County which emits or causes any foul, offensive, noxious or disagreeable odor deemed repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons or to the public as a whole, but exclusive of those odors common to ordinary and approved agricultural practices. ... D. Manure: excessive accumulations of body wastes from any d...

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Agricultural Zoning Protection

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, the pasturing of livestock, the cultivation of agricultural crops and silviculture are allowed in the Shoreland-Wetland District without a zoning permit, as long as the work involves no filling, flooding, draining, dredging, ditching, tilling or excavating. Section 316-14 of the Grant County Code sets the rule.

Grant County WI Farming Rules in Shoreland-Wetland Areas

Light Restrictions

Grant County Code § 316-14

§ 316-14. Permitted uses. ... The following uses shall be allowed, subject to general shoreland zoning regulations contained in this chapter, the provisions of Ch. 30, Ch. 31, and § 281.36, Wis. Stats., and the provisions of other applicable local, state and federal laws: A. Activities and uses which do not require the issuance of a zoning permit, but which must be carried out without any filli...

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