here in my hometown of eau claire, iowa, as long as anyone can remember, argo general store has beenmers gather to talk about their crops. the people you see here have been regulars for decades. today, they're grim but resilient about what is already an historic drought, and they are praying for rain. >> good morning, gary! >> good morning. >> how are you this morning, sir? >> good. >> reporter: hi. i'm christine romans, nice to meet you. my name is christine. >> this man is going to tell you just how bad it is. >> reporter: how many years did you farm? >> all my life. >> reporter: all your life. >> yep. >> reporter: so, when did you start? >> that's all i've ever done. huh? >> reporter: when did you start farming? >> i started on my own in '44. >> reporter: '44. so you've seen some beautiful crops and you've seen some really terrible crops. >> this is one of the years it's a bad crop. this is about as bad as it was in '36. >> reporter: in '36. >> in '36 it was real bad. >> wow. and it was bad in '56 it was bad in '88 there were some bad patches in 2005. >> yeah, but they weren't as

i think about deer camp in fairchild in eau claire county. jana, our charlie and cam. on the block i grew up on within about ten other ryan families within 8 blocks of our home. my veins run with cheese, bratwurst and a little spot of some miller. i was raised on the packers, badgers, bucks and brewers. [ cheers and applause ] >> i like to hunt here. i like to fish her. i like to snowmobile here. i even think ice fishing is interesting. [ laughter ] >> i'm a whic wisconsinite thrh and through and i got to tell you how this means to be home. i also just want to say a great thanks to my friend scott walker. [ cheers and applause ] >> and my friend reinces i pret ibus and ron johnson. we are just guys from kenosha, oshkosh and janesville. what we learned in this state just a little while ago is that we want to elect men and women who run for office and tell us who they really are, what they really believe, what they are really going to do, and then when they get elected they do that! [ cheers and applause ] that is what we do here in wisconsin! we have seen a few election