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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College students brought in their first harvest this fall from the college’s new 80-acre Agricultural Demonstration Lab. This marks a major milestone for Southwest Tech’s agriculture programs and its hands-on learning model.

The college purchased the land in June 2024 and partnered with Premier Co-op to manage the crop ground. This fall, students harvested corn and soybeans planted during the spring semester—many of them experiencing full-scale field operations for the first time.

By the time this update reaches you, we will have wrapped up the first month of our new fiscal year and will be under way with our external financial audit for the year completed on September 30. While unofficial, I can safely report that 2025 will be a solid year with slight increase in total sales and strong bottom line performance. I look forward to sharing the results and more with you next month.

There may be a few holdouts, but I’m willing to guess that most of you have fired up your furnaces for the first time. My propane furnace is running like a top. My next task is to get rid of the multitude of mice who have decided to invade my old farmhouse. I’m willing to use every method at my disposal, up to and including a flamethrower.