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.
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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.
