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WPT's In Wisconsin Features Report on Wisconsin Dairy Farmers and the Economy

Oct. 26, 2009

For More Information:
Erik Ernst, WPT publicist, 608-265-3853, erik.ernst@wpt.org
Joel Waldinger, series producer, 608-890-2840, joel.waldinger@wpt.org

The next episode of In Wisconsin on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) features reports on the ways Sheboygan dairy farmers are dealing with the current economy, an Iraqi soldier whose blog told his experiences all the way through death, a father and son team of wild nut harvesters in Platteville, and a new report from author Michael Perry.

The newsmagazine airs at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 on WPT and is available in high definition. WPT will present an encore of the program at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Milwaukee's MPTV will air the program at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1.

As part of Patchwork Nation, a national reporting project in collaboration with The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer and the Christian Science Monitor, In Wisconsin Reporter Frederica Freyberg visits a Sheboygan dairy farmer and learns that many people in the agricultural industry are still waiting for an economic recovery.

In Wisconsin Reporter Art Hackett explores the blog of United States Army Maj. Andrew Olmsted, a soldier with Wisconsin connections who became a casualty of war in Iraq. With his blog, he told his story as a soldier, all the way through his own death.

In Wisconsin Reporter Liz Koerner meets a father and son in Platteville who have a fall ritual of harvesting wild nuts throughout the community.
Eau Claire writer Michael Perry presents his first video essay for In Wisconsin. Reveling in his fondness for trucks and tractors, Perry takes part in the International Harvester Parade in Madison.

This program's video postcard features the Necedah Wildlife Refuge.
To learn more about what is coming up on the series, visit the In Wisconsin Web site at wpt.org/inwisconsin where the “Producer's Journal” blog offers daily updates with information about reports currently in production.

Funding for In Wisconsin is provided, in part, by Alliant Energy, and Animal Dental CenterOral Surgery Specialists of Milwaukee and Oshkosh, and BikeWisconsin.com.

WPT is a service of the Educational Communications Board and University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Wisconsin Public Television is a place to grow through learning on WHA-TV, Madison; WPNE-TV/TV, Green Bay; WHRM-TV, Wausau; WLEF-TV/TV, Park Falls; WHLA-TV, La Crosse; and WHWC-TV, Menomonie-Eau Claire.


DESCRIPTION: IN WISCONSIN #805
In Wisconsin features a report on the ways Sheboygan dairy farmers are dealing with the current economy, an Iraqi soldier whose blog told his experiences all the way through death, a father and son team of wild nut harvesters in Platteville and a new report from author Michael Perry.