This is the last day of Ice Cream Month :( 

Which also means Summer is two-thirds of the way done...

Not to depress anyone, but that's the way it goes.

So in honor of Ice Cream Month, we came up with some random facts for you!

Ice cream was brought to America in the 1700's and was mainly eaten by rich people.

The ice cream sundae was created in the 1880's.

After vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry were created, the next flavor was Rocky Road!

National Ice Cream Month was set in 1984....fairly new yet.

87% of Americans have ice cream in their freezer.

Three gallons of milk makes only one gallon of ice cream.

The average cow gives enough milk each day to make two gallons of ice cream, or 730 gallons every year.

9% of the milk produced in the U.S.A. is used for ice cream.

Now that you're a genius when it comes to all things ice cream, forget about your diet and grab some rocky road!

You deserve it!

Sadly, Yockey isn't able to work in the fields anymore. One thing about being a farmer though is that no matter what's going on in your life, the work has to get done somehow. 

Luckily, Yockey has some really great neighbors. The other day 60 neighbors came out to help harvest his 1,200 acres of wheat. They got the job done in record time. Now that's just one less thing that he has to worry about. 

This is one more reason to love small towns. They all seem to come together when someone in the community is in need without being asked. 

Shout out to everyone that helped out, along with a big shout out to Larry Yockey as he tries to beat cancer.

It shouldn't be a surprise to us that we're seeing more and more wildlife in town. Cities are slowly moving into the country, where these animals live. When we invade their habitat, of course we're going to see them more often. That's just the way it goes. Dr. Jennifer Federico talked a little more on seeing a coyote at your house and what to do with your pets.

It's an understatement if we say these guys have been busy this Summer. They're showing basically everything they can this year. Everything from goats, to horses, even guinea pigs.

Theresa's showing guinea pigs this year and not gonna lie, they're pretty cute. Look at it's face! One cool thing for Theresa is that this year she's bringing horses to the fair for the first time! She talked about what the hardest part of training them is, along with what the judges are looking for in a horse.

She was telling us that she just got these guys, Dallas and Peanut, about a year ago and started training right away. That's one thing people don't always realize. Kids that show at the fair are working MONTHS ahead of time to get these animals ready for show day. It takes a lot of hard work and a lot of time to make the fair what it is. But she's not the only one that's been hard at work.

So Tracy's also been keeping busy getting ready for the fair with her rabbits. Hulk, Tramp, Lady, and Biebs, they're all headed out to the fair with the rest of the crew!

As for their brother Trevor, he's bringing this little guy, Diesel. Trevor made sure to let us know that next year he's bringing pigs to the fair. Not sure how his parents feel about that one, but we say go for it!

The

Winnebago County Fair's

going on this week from July 31st - August 4th.

One of the most useful events going on at Farm Tech Days was the Ag Career Day for the kids. So what happened was they had kids from all over Wisconsin come out to the event and do an ag career scavenger hunt. The kids ended up going to different booths throughout Farm Tech Days so that they could see a sample of all the careers possible within agriculture. 

We caught up with one of the organizers of Ag Career Day, Peter Curran. While interviewing him, we talked with Tina Douglas, an Ag Career Volunteer from New York. Talking with her was cool because she shared what's going on with agriculture in the classrooms of a different part of the country. She's been doing great things to get ag back into the schools around her area.

Brickstead Dairy is hosting the third annual Sunset on the Farm on August 8th. We talked with Dan Brick about the event and what to expect this year. 

The whole point of having something like this on the farm is to showcase the GOOD things that farmers are doing to help out water quality and the environment in general. Dan commented on why farmers always get played out to be these "bad" people who ruin the environment. 

The sad part is that there could be a thousand good stories about farmers, but the ones that get the "clicks" are the bad stories. Those are the ones that get the most "shares". The rest of the stories just get swept under the rug like nothing ever happened. 

That's why Sunset on the Farm is cool because you can see how farmers are taking steps to help out the environment everyday. Farmers are NOT the bad people. 

Their story just doesn't get heard as much as it should. 

For more about Sunset on the Farm, check it out 

here

.

We talked with Brad Walter, one of the hosts of Farm Tech Days this year. His parents hosted 35 years ago, but this is his first go at it. He shared why he's so excited about it this years event and what all goes into getting ready for something this large!

This year they're expecting 40,000 people to visit the farm by Thursday.

FYI: If you can go, we suggest you do. There's plenty of things to look at, even if you aren't a farmer. Plus, they have a tent with baby beef cattle. Soooo, that alone should convince someone to check it out.

Here's the

show program

.

When Troy was five years old, he had an atrial septal defect and needed a hole in his heart patched up. The doctors at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin fixed it up with a piece of a cow heart. Now Troy helps to encourage other kids that are at the hospital so they aren't too scared. He's definitely a brave little man. 

Make sure to check out the interview for his story and the advice he gives other kids going through rough times.

These three are showing at the 

Outagamie County Fair

this week and honestly, they're gonna do great! They're no stranger to showing chickens. They've been showing for awhile now and show at more than just the county fair. The best part of the interview was asking them what their favorite part of the fair is and they just talked more about the chickens! You can tell how passionate they are about their projects.

But the work they put into the fair doesn't stop with the chickens.

Weston's bringing his market turkey which is almost as big as him! He's also training his calf, Scarlett. I guess you could say he's been pretty busy this Summer.

Jada and Collin love the photography projects at the fair. There's so many other projects that can be brought and judged besides just animals. This is a really good example of how the fair can be for anyone, even if you don't have the space for animals!

But there's one more animal that you might not have realized you could show at the fair...

Now don't judge the photo taking skills...it was bright out!

Collin's showing his cat this year and he told us all about what they look for when it comes to the cat project. He's for sure the one to talk to when it comes to the cats because he's already won Grand Champion with this little guy...and more than once!

Who knew your house pet could be a prize winning animal?!

Good luck to everyone showing at the 

Outagamie County Fair

this week, we hope it all goes great! 

The fair's going on July 23rd to the 28th.

Kayla Coehoorn's our July Farmer of the Month. She's very deserving, just like a lot of farmers out there. The whole family gets involved on the farm, which keeps it very family based. Kayla and her husband just recently had a little baby girl (the future farmhand), and she's more than excited to teach her about the farm!

One of the coolest things about Kayla is that she opens up the farm to the local schools for farm tours. She realizes how important it is to make sure these kids know as much as possible about farming. It's not like they get the opportunity to be on a farm everyday....most kids are rarely ever at a farm. 

So congrats to Kayla, and make sure to listen to her story! 

Who's gonna be our next 

Farmer of the Month

?!