A Cripes.

So roll out the barrel and get the band brewing.

Life's got you down.

Just keep her moving.

Hey everyone, we've got a special episode of the Cripes cast this week where I'm talking to some of our

hardest working farmers in America's Dairyland now as many of you know our

farmers have had a tough couple of years between tariffs and COVID. So I was actually I was inspired by

my conversation a few weeks back with the fabulous farm babe Pam Yonke ladies

and gentlemen to speak with more farmers and try and help you know bridge

that gap between where our food comes from mostly our farmers and then where the food ends up

which would be us.

So today my guess are Jeff Ditzenberger, who grew up on a dairy farm,

and now he switched to mostly crops, but just as important, he has started a group called Tugs, which stands for

talking, understanding, growing, supporting to help people get through mental health

issues.

And very, very cool thing he is doing.

So we're starting with Jeff in Green County.

But then we're going up to Waterloo

and we're speaking with Carrie and Patrick Mess.

You may know Carrie is Dairy Carey.

She's a big blogger in the dairy community.

And then after that, we went to Detman Dairy Farms

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