Making A Dream Reality Plus White House Memorandum Helps Farm Labor Conversation

Wisconsin Ag Secretary, Randy Romanski, joins Pam Jahnke in the studio to present a 5 year update on how the WI Ag Export Council's been performing and what progress has been made.  Romanski says Wisconsin's dairy exports grew 35% from 2021 to 2025 (the timeframe the program's been in place).  He also notes that the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports program generated a 200-to-1 return on investment for Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association members in the most recent reporting year. It all bodes well, hopefully, for the continuation of the programs. Beautiful weekend on the way for the final gasp of June dairy events.  Stu Muck will be a part of those and paints a pretty decent forecast through the weekend.  He's also got cautionary advice to prepare for heat and humidity beginning on Monday. From a dream to reality.  Meet Brad Laack from rural Plymouth, WI.  He grew up a little removed from agriculture, but found his passion helping to raise beef animals that were designed to make hay disappear.  Once Laack got involved in that, the dream of building his own farming operation started to hatch.  Today, Pam Jahnke visits with Brad at his cash grain and custom operator business just outside of Plymouth.  Over the last year, Brad has taken the next step to elevate his grain handling abilities with the partnership of Schultz's Interstate Ag in Monroe.  Laack says the time they've taken to work through specific details that he was concerned about have solidified this partnership.  Today, Laack and Schultz's Interstate Ag are getting ready for the next phase of grain handling equipment and bins to be installed.  Paid for by Schultz's Interstate Ag. This week Wisconsin dairy operator's got a little good news in the way of a memorandum from the White House.  Pam Jahnke visits with Sam Moheban, immigration specialist with Ruder Ware law firm in Wausau.  The memorandum made clear that dairies that relay of foreign labor to keep things rolling should be sure they're following all the rules and guidelines within the H2A program.  Moheban says while it's not a silver bullet, it does make clear the direction the administration wants agencies to follow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.