Every season, Rural Mutual Insurance sits down with the Fabulous Farm Babe, Pam Jahnke to talk about all things related to farm coverage and safety. Topics range from data protection to dairy revenue protection to hemp insurance. Check out these quarterly roundtables and hear directly from the experts on where you might be vunerable. Presented by Rural Mutual Insurance. 

Every season, Rural Mutual Insurance sits down with the Fabulous Farm Babe, Pam Jahnke to talk about all things related to farm coverage and safety. Topics range from data protection to dairy revenue protection to hemp insurance. Check out these quarterly roundtables and hear directly from the experts on where you might be vunerable. Presented by <a href="https://www.ruralmutual.com/">Rural Mutual Insurance</a>.

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Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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The Insurance Industry 2025 - Dan Merk, Executive VP and CEO Rural Mutual

Since 2022 Ukraine has been locked into a war with Russia changing a lot of their daily lives. This includes within their agricultural operations. Mike McNeill the president of Ag Advisory limited, has spent time in Ukraine to help them change their practices so they can continue producing. He gives a look into how the conflict has impacted their ability to farm and what some of the changes to practices are.

Since 2022 Ukraine has been locked into a war with Russia changing a lot of their daily lives. This includes within their agricultural operations. Mike McNeill the president of Ag Advisory limited, has spent time in Ukraine to help them change their practices so they can continue producing. He gives a look into how the conflict has impacted their ability to farm and what some of the changes to practices are.

How Ukraine Agriculture Is Combatting The Conflict

The ongoing trade and tariff disputes are impacting Wisconsin's agricultural sector, with farmers reporting negative economic returns.

Tyler Wenzlaff, director of national affairs for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, says the costs associated with tariffs are hitting producers from multiple directions.

"It increases the cost of our inputs, it increases the cost of our machinery, and it increases the costs of everything that we do, really," he says, noting that the squeeze on the industry has resulted in margins disappearing entirely.

The ongoing trade and tariff disputes are impacting Wisconsin's agricultural sector, with farmers reporting negative economic returns.
Tyler Wenzlaff, director of national affairs for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, says the costs associated with tariffs are hitting producers from multiple directions.
"It increases the cost of our inputs, it increases the cost of our machinery, and it increases the costs of everything that we do, really," he says, noting that the squeeze on the industry has resulted in margins disappearing entirely.

Trade Squeeze Results In Negative Margins

Brad Olson, president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and a farmer in northern Polk County, is raising the alarm over a growing trend of local ordinances that stand to hurt the state's agriculture industry.

These regulations, often appearing in a patchwork across communities in the western and northwestern portions of the state, are framed as environmental protection but end up blocking farmers from expanding their businesses.

"If the cost of expansion is so great that you can't afford to do it or justifiably do it, you're being kept from expanding," Olson explains.

Brad Olson, president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and a farmer in northern Polk County, is raising the alarm over a growing trend of local ordinances that stand to hurt the state's agriculture industry.
These regulations, often appearing in a patchwork across communities in the western and northwestern portions of the state, are framed as environmental protection but end up blocking farmers from expanding their businesses.
"If the cost of expansion is so great that you can't afford to do it or justifiably do it, you're being kept from expanding," Olson explains.

The Insurance Industry 2025 - Dan Merk, Executive VP and CEO Rural Mutual

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