Today is the anniversary of the signing of the federal Homestead Act, and we explore some of the good bugs found in our state's soils.

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State Sen. Brad Pfaff joins us today to talk about the potential confirmation of state agriculture secretary-designee Randy Romanski, and about what agriculture and rural details might be contained in the developing state biennial budget. We also get another ProVision Partners Cooperative agronomy update.

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Scott talks today with a Jackson County property owner who's managing land for pollinator habitat.

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Attorney Bridget Finke of Valley Crossing Law at Baldwin provides another legal-issues update; University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus forage specialist Dan Undersander discusses the cold weather's potential effects on alfalfa.

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We open this splendid Friday morning as Scott talks with Dr. Barbara Lee of the National Farm Medicine Center/National Children's Center for Rural Agricultural Health and Safety about the lifetime achievement award she recently received. Bob gets another Countryside/Landmark Services Cooperative crop update.

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We talk today about the loss of a beloved milk hauler and the retirement of some long-time agriculture teachers; Bob also meets with a National Milk Producer Federation representative to talk about price volatility in the dairy industry.

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Today, we explore the new Wisconsin Meat Caucus, and hear another agronomy update from ProVision Partners Cooperative.

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Responses to disasters are among topics on our minds during today's show.

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The Wisconsin Rural Summit is back this year, and we're covering it. University of Wisconsin-Madison forage specialist Dr. Dan Undersander also joins us with another alfalfa update.

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We talk today about a survey of Wisconsin's water, particularly in the state's Central Sands area. Bren Wink also joins us with another Countryside/Landmark Services Cooperative agronomy update.

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