MID-WEST FARM REPORT - EAU CLAIRE

Bob continues with his reports from World Dairy Expo at Madison, and Pam talks with Wisconsin's agriculture secretary about a new cooperative effort between his department and the state Department of Workforce Development to create a new jobs program for farmers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have full coverage of World Dairy Expo at Madison after the event's official opening day. That coverage includes talking with the Dunn County 4-H dairy judging team, which won the national 4-H dairy judging contest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We announce that the Dunn County 4-H dairy judging team has won the national dairy judging contest at World Dairy Expo, and we preview the week's events at the Dairy Expo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob talks with members of a Dunn County 4-H judging team that today is representing Wisconsin at the World Dairy Expo dairy-judging contest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk today about marketing organic products, and Countryside Cooperative agronomist Brent Wink joins the chores with his weekly Countryside crop update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Updates about area damage from a Sept. 24 tornado are discussed. Scott talks with Nels Gunderson, an area fire chief, about safety around farms' grain bins; Chippewa County UW-Extension ag agent Jerry Clark stops in to provide his weekly update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day when some in the listening area are dealing with damages from a tornado, Scott talks with Buffalo County ag agent Carl Duley about a survey being done about the structural stability of Wisconsin farm buildings. We also preview this weekend's World Dairy Expo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk today with Wisconsin's candidate for national FFA office at the upcoming National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, along with continuing our usual fare of laughs, little-known knowledge, news and markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott talks with the new state veterinarian, and Bob talks with a central Wisconsin family about them hosting a recent Rural Life Day. We also hear from University of Wisconsin-Extension forage specialist Dan Undersander about some of the things to do and not to do when harvesting corn silage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk today about the Wisconsin Legislature's Speaker's Task Force on Quality Water, and Countryside Cooperative agronomist Brent Wink visits with another Countryside crop update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rural mental health, farm safety and soybeans all are part of today's discussions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farm safety is among the subjects we cover on today's show, along with the announcement of the new state veterinarian. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we talk with an all-American University of Wisconsin-Madison wrestler who says he learned much while showing animals as a 4-H member. Synergy Cooperative feed sales manager and nutritionist Sarah McHenry also provides an update about the corn-silage harvest on the Synergy Cooperative agronomy and feed update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer's last week kicks off with a report about hemp research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and with another NEXGROW alfalfa update with UW-Madison forage specialist Dan Undersander. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Friday the 13th -- complete with a full Harvest Moon -- we talk with the hosts of the recent Chippewa Valley Farm-City Day. Countryside Cooperative agronomist Brent Wink also visits our barn to give us his latest crop update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott talks today with University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension dairy program coordinator Mark Hagedorn about his role in that new position. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weather is a focus of today's show, with more rain moving into the region and with our crew putting together a report about dealing with lightning strikes. We also take a look at the 2019 Leopold Conservation Award nominees. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott talks with a Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation researcher about ticks and tick-borne diseases. The Bob-and-Scott team also covers the rise in milk prices paid to farmers and the weekly crop-progress reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott talks today with a young auctioneer who's been working at a Withee sales barn; Bob talks with state forage specialist Dan Undersander about the fall corn harvest and with attorney Briget Finke about land contracts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob talks with an Alaska beef produce and Scott talks with an area farmer who recently hosted the state Legislature's Speaker's Task Force on Quality Water. Mark Hagedorn, new state dairy program manager for the University of Wisconsin Division of Extension, stops for a visit, and Countryside Cooperative agronomist Brent Wink provides his weekly crop update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Bob talks about water quality with an owner of Son Bow Farm, which recently hosted an on-farm twilight meeting. Scott brings another Wisconsin soybean update with state soybean specialist Shawn Conley. We also have our share of steady banter, markets and news, along with a visit by Chippewa County University of Wisconsin-Extension agriculture agent Jerry Clark. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Apples are among the topics discussed on today's show, and we provide the latest national and state crop updates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The veggies are gigantic at the Alaska State Fair, and Bob talks about them with one of that fair's organizers. We also visit with a Wisconsin dairy farmer who rebuilt a year after a tornado devastated his farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob is back and doing the WAXX morning chores with Scott. Today, Mid-West Farm Report teammate Josh Scramlin talks with a Purdue University meat science professor about the meat industry's future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott visits with the RZ Builders crew during the Loyal Corn Festival, He also interviews Portage County dairy farmer Patty Edelburg, who recently added state Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Board to the many hats she already wears. Bob talks about fall fertilization of pastures with University of Wisconsin-Madison forage specialist Dan Undersander. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...