MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

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Wisconsin agriculture, reported before sunrise.

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Wisconsin agriculture gets an early-morning briefing here, anchored by Pam and a rotating crew of fill-ins. Rainfall reports from listeners, extension specialists on soybean yields, and USDA officials on inspection policy all share the same hour.

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This is farm radio in its most useful form. Each episode opens the way a daily broadcast does — sponsor read, greeting, forecast — then settles into the business of the morning. Pam anchors the hour with a familiar cadence and an open invitation for listeners to send in rainfall totals, weather observations, or a note about something greening up in the garden. Stephanie, Ben and Kylie hold the fort when she takes time away. Ben Jarboe files his own reported segments. Ag meteorologist Stumacher arrives about fifteen minutes in with the detailed forecast. Weather is not background here; it is the story. A stretch of rain means wet basements for some listeners and lost yield for others, and the show is comfortable holding both. Dr. Sean Conley, the University Extension soybean specialist, does the arithmetic out loud: roughly one to three bushels per acre lost for every week farmers stay off soggy ground, against a backdrop of federal crop insurance changes that pushed planting earlier. The Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board's yield contest returns, with checkoff dollars going to research, education and promotion. Meat processing gets sustained attention. USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service administrator Justin Ransom lays out a departmental reorganization, what it means for frontline inspectors, and proposals to streamline plant designations and reduce fees for small operations. Heather Hunt of the UW-Madison Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Program talks through the judging table at the Wisconsin State Fair Meat Products Contest — fresh sausages at one end, blood sausage and old-world artisanal work at the other — and what it takes to keep an open mind about all of it. The show also finds room for volunteers. Jim Goyette explains eight years of Water Action Volunteers work, nitrate and salt monitoring on the streams feeding Green Lake, and how simple it is to join the CoCoRaHS Rain Gauge Rally and improve the rainfall data everyone relies on. Questions tend to be broad and practical, and guests are given room to answer at length. Points get restated once or twice, radio-style, so they land for someone listening with one ear while doing chores. Nothing is dressed up. The tone is neutral by default, warm when a listener writes in, dry when a specialty meat class gets strange. Segments close with a reporter-style recap and a handoff, and the hour keeps moving.

Made for: Wisconsin farmers, growers and gardeners who plan their day around the forecast, plus meat processors, extension folks and anyone with a stake in the state's agricultural economy. It also suits listeners outside farming who want to understand how weather, policy and food production actually connect.

What sets it apart: Rather than commentary about agriculture, this is reporting from inside it — listener rainfall texts, extension specialists doing yield math on air, and USDA administrators answering plain questions about inspection staffing. The Wisconsin focus is total, from state fair meat judging to stream monitoring at Green Lake.

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Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Wisconsin farm economics become concrete through grain-market analysis, agricultural weather, production technology, and reporting tied to daily operating decisions.

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON treats Wisconsin agriculture as a working economy shaped by weather, commodity prices, technology, and day-to-day operating decisions.

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Thirty-one inches in Wausau, then grain markets: your weather forecast has a balance sheet.

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a Wisconsin forecast that cares whether rain will keep you out of the fields
a grain-market check with John Heinberg alongside your local weather

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Pressure Moving Through The Atmosphere And Across The Marketplace - HeinbergApr 14, 2026

A grain-market hour framed by weather, safety, and other farm updates.

This Midwest Farm Report hour places John Heinberg's grain-market update inside a wider farm-news rundown, and that setup gives the segment a clear, useful frame.

AI Transforming Dairy Farms & Keeping Produce Safe To EatApr 13, 2026

Practical farm reporting that turns AI, weather, and food safety into usable context.

The hour keeps its feet on the ground, moving from weather and dairy into produce food safety without losing the thread. The AI discussion on dairy farms lands best, and the food-safety update is useful in the same plainspoken way.

Texas Ranching & It's Finally Feeling Like SpringApr 10, 2026

Spring weather, a horse fair giveaway, and a wet weekend outlook.

Midwest Farm Report starts on a spring note for Wisconsin, pairing a Midwest Horse Fair ticket giveaway with a look at whether people can get outside.

Friday Explores Trends In Calf Care & Online Farmers' Markets

A practical Friday farm report shaped by weather, calving-season questions, and local listener voices.

Farm information lands as a practical Friday morning service here, starting with a rain-cooled weather setup and the hint of warmer air before turning toward listener questions around calving season and early fieldwork.

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Midwest Farm Report keeps its focus on a Wisconsin farm morning shaped by the aftermath of a major winter storm, opening with National Weather Service snow totals that make the scale easy to grasp.

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