Hope Kirwan
Reporter, Wisconsin Public RadioI cover agriculture, the environment and rural communities for Harvest Public Media. I’m a reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio based in La Crosse.
At WPR, I report on Wisconsin’s diverse agriculture industry and the Upper Mississippi River. I also cover issues affecting communities in Wisconsin’s southwest region, from PFAS contamination in private wells to the threat of more frequent floods.
Before joining WPR in 2015, I covered health and rural communities as a producer for KBIA in Columbia, Missouri. I’m a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and I grew up in west central Illinois.
You can reach me at hope.kirwan@wpr.org.
-
Specialty producers exporting to China have been hit just as hard as soybeans and beef. But they often have fewer alternative markets for their crops, worsening the impact of retaliatory tariffs. -
The Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health have provided resources to farmers for decades. But heads of the regional research programs say their federal funding for on-farm studies and training will abruptly end this fall. -
The spring planting season is getting started for many Midwest farmers. Federal data suggests that fewer acres will be planted in soybeans than last year, in part because of the U.S. trade war with China.
