Things that we see at World Dairy Expo shouldn't be taken for granted.  For some of this year's attendees, it was all brand new.  Take for example Ziv Sar (s-are), from Kirisu Farm.  Kirisui means mountain of heaven and is the first modern dairy farm in Cambodia.  Sar says it began in 2020 and currently manages 1,700 cows with plans to expand.  Kiley Allan finds out about some of the unique challenges Sar faces.  He says managing the farm presents hurdles like a lack of locally experienced staff, extreme tropical heat, and high humidity, which prevents growing local soybeans and requires importing specialized feeds.  He also says the high heat impacts cow consumption, which in turn affects milk quality and production volumes.  Sar visited Wisconsin and the World Dairy Expo to study organized industry practices, forage formulas, and genomic technologies to apply directly on the farm in Cambodia.

More beautiful weather is on the way today according to Stu Muck.  He cautions that there's a chance of light rain that could move into eastern and southeastern Wisconsin on Monday.

Growers are encouraged to continue monitoring stalk quality as the harvest rolls on.  Larry Lee finds out about the stress test from Steve Quade, district sales manager for Wyffels Hybrids.  Corn silage harvest is complete, and some hi-moisture corn is being harvested now.  Quade advises growers to refer back to the agronomy information they routinely post on their wyffels.com website for updates on area conditions.  Paid for by Wyffels.

With the delayed harvest, it's important that growers know where things stand with drying options.  Pam Jahnke reports that propane supplies look plentiful right now.  That's the word from Michael Newland, director of Agriculture Business Development at the Propane Education & Research Council.

Yes - the harvest is moving. Yes - we don't want to waste a moment. BUT, if you're not careful with that combine you could cause yourself more problems with weed control next year. Pam Jahnke visits with Dr. Rodrigo Werle, UW-Madison Extension Weed Specialist, about why cleaning out the combine from field to field, or farm to farm, is so important. Werle says that waterhemp has become one of the biggest problems faced by farms. Everytime a combine "harvests" that weed, you could be spreading between 100,000-500,000 weed seeds into the next field or farm. That's why he stresses either hand harvesting the weeds before harvest (if there's just a few) or avoiding them with the combine. If you do pull them in, then clean that combine thoroughly before moving on.