LeRoy Butler at WDE, EHD Update, Brent Wink

Diesel update, what's going on? Well, they've made some moves in Minnesota and Illinois, and, uh, we've been talking about trying to get more information from, uh, Wisconsin.

Yesterday I, I texted and left a message for Randy Rominski, Ag Secretary, see if I could get, uh, something out of Madison, and he's got a, a line to the governor's office as a department chair.

And, uh, that was yesterday.

Still this morning haven't heard anything from that as far as, uh, the road bans and as far as dyed diesel on the roads.

So, uh, but other states have done it.

In fact, give us the update on what other states have done, a couple of our neighbors.

Well, the governors of Minnesota and Illinois have made some decisions for farmers as the fall harvest continues.

In Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz issued an executive order for farmers and loggers that says they can haul their products to, on state roads and can exceed regular weight limits by up to 10% as they haul their production to the first point of storage or processing.

Nine states now have taken similar actions.

And in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker has issued a state disaster proclamation that orders the Illino- Illinois State Police not to impose state penalties when dyed diesel fuel from bulk storage is sold or used on state highways for farming and agricultural purchases through December 31st.

Also, the Illinois Department of Transportation is directed to consider extending the state's harvest permit program as far as next summer if diesel shortages and elevated prices persist.

All right.

And again, un- unless we've missed it, uh, I'm still waiting to hear from Wisconsin.

So, uh, we've tapped what we tried to do as all of our resources, but, uh, so far...

And we're keeping an eye on it to see if it does come out, because this weekend an awful lot of stuff is gonna happen in our fields as far as the fall harvest.

All right.

Diesel update, what's going on? Well, they've made some moves in Minnesota and Illinois, and, uh, we've been talking about trying to get more information from, uh, Wisconsin.

Yesterday I, I texted and left a message for Randy Rominski, Ag Secretary, see if I could get, uh, something out of Madison, and he's got a, a line to the governor's office as a department chair.

And, uh, that was yesterday.

Still this morning haven't heard anything from that as far as, uh, the road bans and as far as dyed diesel on the roads.

So, uh, but other states have done it.

In fact, give us the update on what other states have done, a couple of our neighbors.

Well, the governors of Minnesota and Illinois have made some decisions for farmers as the fall harvest continues.

In Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz issued an executive order for farmers and loggers that says they can haul their products to, on state roads and can exceed regular weight limits by up to 10% as they haul their production to the first point of storage or processing.

Nine states now have taken similar actions.

And in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker has issued a state disaster proclamation that orders the Illino- Illinois State Police not to impose state penalties when dyed diesel fuel from bulk storage is sold or used on state highways for farming and agricultural purchases through December 31st.

Also, the Illinois Department of Transportation is directed to consider extending the state's harvest permit program as far as next summer if diesel shortages and elevated prices persist.

All right.

And again, un- unless we've missed it, uh, I'm still waiting to hear from Wisconsin.

So, uh, we've tapped what we tried to do as all of our resources, but, uh, so far...

And we're keeping an eye on it to see if it does come out, because this weekend an awful lot of stuff is gonna happen in our fields as far as the fall harvest.

All right.