Everybody's bucket list looks a little bit different.  For Tina Vilter, World Dairy Expo 2025 took one major item off her bucket list - being a judge.  Kiley Allan visits with the Waukesha native about how she's grown up in the dairy industry always admiring the physique of the dairy cow.  Vilter started doing visual evaluation and explaining her position while helping her dad milk their Guernsey herd.  In 2025 she found herself on the colored shavings at center ring, not on the lead of an animal, but finally as a judge.

Another cool start to our Thursday but more sun on the way.  Stu Muck also explains why weather station data may not be what you're waking up with in your backyard.

Doug Rebout and his wife, Christine, adopted a 2-year old daughter in Ukraine.  She came home with them to Rock County facing physical and mental hurdles.  Doug shares his story about finding a way to network with his family, his community and other parents facing the challenge of raising a special needs child.  In rural Wisconsin, resources are few and needs may be great.  Rebout says he's extremely grateful for his farming family , both genetically and through the extended farm family in associations and organizations.  His message - keep talking, sharing and searching.  Don't give up.  Paid for by Rural Mutual Insurance.

Iowa Senator, Chuck Grassley, says there are more questions than answers when it comes to federal aid heading out to the nation's soybean growers.  Grassley says if the administration's talking about $10-15 billion, they need to remember the Commodity Credit Corporation only has about $4 billion in its coffers.  That means Congress would have to step in and provide a big chunk of the discussed aid.  With the government shut down, not much is happening anytime soon.

The U.S. is back on the offensive when it comes to marketing dairy globally.  Jenny Wackershauser from the Platteville location of EverAg joins Pam Jahnke to discuss what Europe's been doing to jump start their export marketing.  Wackershauser says that the EU has experienced rapid growth in summer milk production and they're now undercutting U.S. dairy prices to get sales.  Meanwhile with the government shut down, the market is struggling to find new information that's reliable to trade on.  Wackershauser says the same thing happened in 2018, and the market traded sideways.  Without holiday demand to help give guidance, this market may stay stalled.

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