“Dairy has never looked brighter,” says AG Sec. Brooke Rollins

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Oct 18, 2026 · 8m

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins declared, “Dairy has never looked brighter,” during an appearance last month at the World Dairy Expo in Madison. That’s as farmers grapple with low commodity prices for butter and cheddar, and the rising cost of diesel and fertilizer. Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer have more debunking Secretary Rollins’ claim, in this edition of “The Milkweed.”