Veterinarians Critical For County Fairs - Meet Kiley Pagel - Alice Finalist

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

Veterinarians play a critical role with county fair functions and the relationship with exhibitors. Jill Welke visits with Dr. Meg Mueller, a fair veterinarian, about how she helps exhibitors comply.
Plants in space! It's happening thanks to researchers on the UW-Madison campus. Simon Gilroy, botanist on campus, has been coordinating projects with NASA that should help answer questions about potentially growing food in space.
Ashley Huhn from the Steffes Group joins Pam Jahnke. Last week's sale in Darlington brought big numbers of attendees and high prices for registered cow/calf pairs. Paid for by Steffes Group.
The challenge facing farms to try and secure safe and legal farm labor keeps getting more complicated. Chad Smith talks about newly introduced revisions to the H2A guidelines. He speaks with John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs with the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Kiley Pagel from Kewaunee is hoping her life experiences on the family dairy farm. Her experience working with the general public, and her upcoming graduation from UW-Green Bay with a Business Administration degree all play in her favor to become our next Alice in Dairyland.

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