U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke to dairy farmers and the media at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday. She announced programs meant to strengthen the dairy industry and support producers. Rollins also discussed the challenges facing agriculture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mid-West Farm Report's Larry Lee explains the Forage Analysis Super Bowl, and gets insight from Matt Fenske at Dairyland Laboratories on how the forage is evaluated. Wisconsin's 2026 winners are also included. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former University of Wisconsin forage expert Dan Undersander discusses the history of the Forage Analysis Super Bowl, a part of World Dairy Expo for more than four decades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For Justin Brandel, the feeling of gratitude and pride following his Annette Ostrum Memorial Supreme Showman win has been a long time coming. The Lake Mills high school junior credits his victory to the village of family and mentors who have helped him along the way. He describes his experience at the end of the halter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One of the very special things about World Dairy Expo is that you can see the impact of its patrons long after their time at expo has come to an end. Ed McCartan is one of those people. At this year’s World Dairy Expo, they opened a 30-year-old time capsule. The capsule itself is a milk can that ed McCartan painted a beautiful dairy scene upon. His wife Mary and daughter Patty McCartan joined me to tell the story of ed’s painting. They say that he would be 100 years old if he were here todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.