Drones are becoming a bigger and more important tool in production agriculture.  Kiley Allan finds out about the diverse applications they can assist with from Julia Guerra, Solutions Architect and a licensed drone pilot at FlyGuys. He says there's a multitude of ways farmers can use drones to provide supplemental information to their operations.  He also says this technology can help not only in row crop management, but livestock operations too.

Dangerous temperatures and humidity ahead for the weekend. Stu Muck says the only bright spot is the possibility of some rain moving in as soon as Saturday afternoon.

Stephanie Hoff visits with Dawn Roth of Roth's Sugarbush in Cadott while at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis. Dawn chairs the Wisconsin Maple Syrup Association's booth in the Wisconsin Products Pavilion. She tells us about the tasty treats they have in store for fairgoers as they taste their way through Wisconsin agriculture -- the dollars support homegrown syrup and young producers.

While the Wisconsin wheat harvest rolls on, there's another crop being harvested you might have missed. Mint!  Richard Gumz of Gumz Farms shares what the start of mint harvest has provided. They are seeing a decrease in oil production this harvest season. While they are exploring other possibilities, they suspect the cloudy days in early July, as well as the smoke haze, greatly affected sunlight penetration. It will be a matter of time (7-10 days) to determine if it changes throughout the remainder of the season.  Kiley Allan has the details.

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