The 98th National FFA Convention officially begins today in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Jill Welke is there with Wisconsin's State FFA President, Amalia Draxler.  Draxler previews some of the planned events and duties the state's officers will be undertaking to help the convention move along.

Sunshine should dominate Wisconsin's weather today.  Stu Muck says the temperatures stay consistent but the winds pick up.

Wyffels Hybrids brings us a field update with Stephanie Hoff.   Luke Bird is the Wyffels district manager out of Rock, Walworth, Racine, and Kenosha counties. He says that as the government continues to be shut down and we don’t get a crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Wyffels Harvest Progress Report is a great resource for not just harvest updates, but yield estimates. While visiting the harvest report, don't forget to plug and play with new Wyffels Hybrid selections on the Yield Calculator, also available on the Agronomy tab.

Mary Schreiber from East Troy is wrapping up her year of service as the Central Region Vice President on the National FFA Officer team.  She explains that she's covered about 90,000 miles in service so far.  One visit that sticks with Schreiber is a chapter visit in West Virginia.  She met an enthusiastic member who "bled blue and gold".  What Mary later found out was that the member was living with her grandparents after one parent died of substance abuse, and the other was still battling the disease.  Mary said the FFA advisors became surrogate parents to this member.  She admits that the story startled her and reminded her that the FFA is more than just agriculture and leadership - it's family.

Data centers are popping up in more conversations across the state.  Some are small in scale - others are "hyper" in size.  Ben Jarboe travelled to Janesville this week where organizers were asking for answers and transparency on a proposed data center for a former GM plant location.  Cassandra Pope, organizer of No Janesville Data Centers, shares her perspective on the process and the project.