MID-WEST FARM REPORT - EAU CLAIRE
WI Corn, Diesel Update, House Ag Chair Thompson
Oct 8, 2026 · 49 min · 13 segments
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MID-WEST FARM REPORT - EAU CLAIRE
Oct 8, 2026 · 49 min · 13 segments
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We've got California in the news for agriculture, and of course they're the world's...
And I think, what are they, the fifth or sixth largest agricultural economy in the world, when you look at all the other countries in the world as well.
We'll get an update on the diesel situation as far as, uh, can we use it on the roads or not.
I, I talked to a, a guy that's been on the air with us, uh, many times, Isaac Brown.
What, what's that story with Tammy Baldwin? What, uh, what's she unhappy with now?
Well, she's not happy with the Trump administration for cutting $11 million in federal funding to help low-income rural Wisconsinites find and pay for adequate housing.
This year only 2 million is coming to the state, down from the more than 13 million the state has received in previous years.
Earlier, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress approved a $1 billion for the program, but President Trump has so far only allocated half the money, allowing more than $230 million in funding to expire.
Whether it's a Democratic president or a Republican president, but this one seems to be going [laughs] a little bit over the top.
It gets to be these campaign season, and the incumbent president, I remember Barack Obama did a lot of this too when it came to be the midterm elections.
And, you know, like I said, this isn't the first president to do it, but I ask the question, who's paying for the...
Who's paying for the fuel in that airplane that, uh, the president's flying around in? Do Democrats pay, pay for Barack Obama? Are Republicans paying for Donald Trump to fly around the country? Because it's all politics.
We've got California in the news for agriculture, and of course they're the world's...
And I think, what are they, the fifth or sixth largest agricultural economy in the world, when you look at all the other countries in the world as well.
We'll get an update on the diesel situation as far as, uh, can we use it on the roads or not.
I, I talked to a, a guy that's been on the air with us, uh, many times, Isaac Brown.
What, what's that story with Tammy Baldwin? What, uh, what's she unhappy with now?
Well, she's not happy with the Trump administration for cutting $11 million in federal funding to help low-income rural Wisconsinites find and pay for adequate housing.
This year only 2 million is coming to the state, down from the more than 13 million the state has received in previous years.
Earlier, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress approved a $1 billion for the program, but President Trump has so far only allocated half the money, allowing more than $230 million in funding to expire.
Whether it's a Democratic president or a Republican president, but this one seems to be going [laughs] a little bit over the top.
It gets to be these campaign season, and the incumbent president, I remember Barack Obama did a lot of this too when it came to be the midterm elections.
And, you know, like I said, this isn't the first president to do it, but I ask the question, who's paying for the...
Who's paying for the fuel in that airplane that, uh, the president's flying around in? Do Democrats pay, pay for Barack Obama? Are Republicans paying for Donald Trump to fly around the country? Because it's all politics.
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