We talked with Laurie Fischer, one of the founding members of Dairy Cares. The group helps out Children's Hospital of Wisconsin because they've all been impacted by the great things the hospital does. Laurie's family has especially become very familiar with Children's Hospital. 

Check out her story!

Yes,

there was a Lifetime movie made out of this story.

The

love triangle that ended terribly.

Lori

Esker is being released from a correctional facility in Racine County. Esker

was convicted in 1990 of first degree intentional homicide in the death of Lisa

Cihaski....all because of a boy. (Bill Buss)

Once

you find out all of the facts, you'll be pretty mind blown.

According

to the court testimony:

- Bill, Lisa, and Lori all went to the same high school

- Bill dated Lisa and they broke up

- He then went on to date Lori. She kept some cows at his farm

but then they broke up and Bill went back to Lisa.

- Bill was planning on proposing to Lisa in October of 1988.

- Lori wasn't a fan of this so on September 20, 1988, she went

to confront Lisa.

- Lori admitted the conversation got heated and then she

strangled Lisa.

- She said she did this out of self defense.

- Lori was then convicted of first degree intentional homicide

and sentenced to life in prison.

- She is now being released on parole.

Wisconsin

has some crazy stories....this probably being one of the crazier ones.

Knee high by the Fourth of July is impossible if you didn't get it planted by the Fourth. There's still some farmers out there that JUST planted their corn. 

We talked with Derek VandeHey, he was out in the fields, not planting corn, but planting alfalfa. You could probably say he's getting ahead of things so he doesn't have to plant next Spring. 

He told us that some farmers are still planting corn and he explained why that's just a bad idea. Every farmer has their own way of doing things, but Derek's way made a lot of sense. Maybe some people can learn from what he did!

Jefferson County's getting ready for the visitors next week. This year the big ag event of the Summer will be July 23rd to the 25th at 

Walter Grain Farms

in Johnson Creek, WI. 

We talked with Sarah Walter about the event and how the farm has evolved. The farm has went from a hog farm, veal farm, and others! Their story is pretty cool.

They already hosted Farm Tech Days 35 years ago, before it was called Farm Tech Days. Sarah talked about how different things used to be with Farm Tech Days. It's crazy the amount of people who used to go!

Meet Klair and Colton Grinstead, their from Armstrong 4-H in Fond du Lac County. These guys were definitely prepared for the fair, which comes up July 17th - 21st.

So it's a good thing they're ready!

They both stayed really busy this Summer between training cattle and walking pigs. This year Klair's showing three pigs and one heifer, while Colton's showing two pigs and two heifers. I'd say their hands are pretty full. Colton told us that they spend about three hours a day outside with the animals just to make sure their ready to go.

Klair talked about showmanship classes, aka: that hardest classes ever. If you don't know what showmanship is, it's literally all based on your knowledge and how you handle the animal, no matter what the animal does. Talking about it's bringing back flashbacks. She was a little nervous, but she has no reason to be because last year she won. So hopefully she can kill it again!

Colton also had his fair share of wins in the past. Like for example, his first year showing pigs he won! I showed for six years and I'm still waiting for that trophy...

So good luck to these two, and to everyone else at the

Fond du Lac County Fair

this year! Hopefully all that hard work pays off.

We talked with Matt VanWychen, he's a part of VanWychen Farms out in Kaukauna. Matt talked about their practices and how they do both conventional and no-till fields. They do this so that they can compare and contrast the differences in the fields when it comes to money and other factors. When you work the fields both ways, you can see the differences and then decide what's best for your farm. 

He also gave some advice to people that still question hopping on the no-till farming train.

We talked with the owner of Hemlock Hills Trophy Ranch in Medford, Wisconsin about his elk farm. This guy has done it all with elk! The cool part about the elk farm is that there's so many different things you can do; from selling the meat, to selling the bulls, to even selling the antlers. It's awesome!

We also got into the topic of how the DNR relocated elk in Northern Wisconsin. This was an interesting topic.

We got a good wrap up of what went down at the convention and the Genetics Conference. Here's what you missed!

So much news to talk about in agriculture right now! So we chose a story about how to prevent fires, an event that's coming up, and a feel good farmer story. Just a little bit of everything today.

Events going on in Wisconsin this week.

What do farmers think of President Trump?

Fake Meat Lawsuit