Hill Valley Dairy, a family-run cheese company from East Troy, Wisconsin, is bringing its farm-to-table experience to Milwaukee with their newest cheese bar. Charitee Seebecker asks "what’s a cheese bar"? Cheesemaker Ron Henningfield shares how their cheese bar offers a unique space for people to gather, learn, and enjoy high-quality, locally made cheese.
Another windy day today after a stormy night in Wisconsin. Stu Muck updates us on what geography was impacted overnight, and what to expect today.
Liberation Day happened Wednesday when the president signed into effect a 10% tariff on ALL global trade partners. Agricultural organizations, commodity groups and elected officials all reacted. Pam Jahnke highlights comments from Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau, on their hopes for a speedy resolution to trade disputes. Ethan Allan from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association says that U.S. beef has been discriminated against globally for years. He cites tariff's U.S. beef incurs from Brazil, Uruguay, Vietnam and Thailand. He says beef producers hope this helps open avenues so U.S. beef can compete with Australia. There's also the overhanging issue of penalties against foreign built vessels that bring goods to the U.S.. Mike Davis has an update on that financial measure and its impact on agriculture.
Bryce Windecker, dairy risk manager for EverAg, joins Pam Jahnke from his dairy in upstate New York. Dairy markets are anxious about starting trade on Thursday. Windecker says the U.S. is still the cheapest dairy source, but we're sitting on higher supplies of cheese and dairy ingredients. One area to watch may be an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in Slovakia impacting about 4,000 animals so far.

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