Be Storm Ready And Meet Katrina Hoesley - Alice Finalist

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

Biologic agents are growing in popularity for Wisconsin farming practices. Bob Bosold talks to Matt Oemichen from Short Line Ag in Colby about how biologics work and how they improve an entire plant system.Storm season is upon us and it's critically important that farms are prepared.

From refreshing your memory on insurance policies to making sure that back-up generator is ready to go. Construction manager Jeff Mahlkuch with A1 Electric in Monroe runs down some of the places to check first.
Meet Katrina Hoesley from Denmark. She's a finalist for the Alice in Dairyland position advancing to the final phase of interviews this Friday in Door County. Hoesley explains her activities before college and on the UW-River Falls campus that helped broaden her scope on the audience "Alice" needs to reach.
Crop Stunt Disease. It's not something we normally see in the upper Midwest, but it's devastating Argentina's corn crop now. Dr. Darcy Talenka from Purdue explains how it could move to other areas of the U.S.
Tomorrow hundreds of school kids from the Milwaukee urban school district will be at State Fair Park. Pam Jahnke talks to Tess Kerksen, WI State Fair Promotions Coordinator, about the second year of "Ag Discovery Day".

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