We talk about drivers and motorcycle operators using care when sharing the road with large farm equipment.  We also must focus attention on the farm youth that could be operating those implements.  Ben Jarboe talks with Brittany Marquard, the education and programing manager at The Food and Farm Exploration Center in Plover.  She says the with distracted drivers causing more accidents then ever before, it's important that young operators receive some training before operating.  Marquard says even for 'farm kids', there's training necessary.  Parents need to also have realistic expectations on what their kids can do.  Understanding their body size and maturity are key components.  Marquard says with all the increased horsepower on today's farm, even a small string on a hoodie can become a lethal entanglement that youth need to be aware of.

Nice day on the way - and dry!  Stu Muck says he's been seeing some seeders out, fertilizers getting spread - all thanks to drier conditions.  Temperatures will cool a bit today, and there's still a chance of frost in the forecast through Thursday mid-morning.

Auctioneering is a people to people service.  Ashley Huhn from the Steffes Group joins Pam Jahnke to recap some comments from clients that have worked with the group.  Huhn says every employee in their firm makes a human connection with the client.  That's a difference maker.  Paid for by Steffes Group.

Weather is causing problems for more than just Wisconsin farmers.  Alyssa Kenney, State Broadband and Digital Equity Director for Public Service Commission of Wisconsin says some broadband internet projects got held up too.  Kenney notes that Wisconsin has about 92% of their connectivity projects complete, but areas in Door County that received a lot of late snow are delayed.  Still, she believes the state is well on its way to attaining statewide connectivity by 2030.

Crop progress report had a few items of note this week.  John Heinberg, market advisor with Total Farm Marketing in West Bend joins Pam Jahnke to review.  Lots of risk for Wisconsin farmers to monitor and manage coming up over the next 10 days according to Heinberg.