Keeping WI Ag Exports Moving And How Do You Store 50 lbs Of Spuds

 

Wisconsin depends on exports to keep our dairy engine chugging.  Bob Bosold visits with Chad Vincent.  Vincent is not only the President and CEO of Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, he is also a member of the WI Ag Export Council.  It was established in 2021 to try and put all Wisconsin commodities at the front of business development globally.  It uses $5 million of state funds to get it all done.  What's the future of that business, and that funding?  Bosold finds out.

We're almost through the wet weather around Wisconsin, but the cooler temperatures are rolling in.  Frost/freeze warnings are everywhere in the state today. Stu Muck breaks down the next 24 hours and the weekend.

If you watch social media, you'll notice that plenty of people have questions on how to store some of the farm produce they've been able to purchase. Why not ask the farmer that grew it?  Larry Lee catches up with Rod Gumz of Gumz Farms in Endeavor.  That family has been growing potatoes, mint, carrots and onions for decades.  Rod makes a few suggestions on how to keep things fresh.

Let's go to Waupaca County this morning for a Century Farm visit.  Kiley Allan has a chat with Three Willow Tree Farm.  Robert "Sonny" Rasmussen Jr. tells her about how he and his siblings are still managing their 40 acres of the original farm which was purchased in 1914.  He says he remembers starting to drive tractor at the age of 7.  Stories brought to you by Compeer Financial.