Billions in Covid-19 Relief Aid Headed to Farmers. Seed shortage. Rice planting prep.

California farmers and the rest of the nation’s farmers were getting a bit miffed earlier this month at being on the short end - the real short end - of Covid19-related relief money from the Trump Administration. Well, that’s about to change. We have the numbers. And they’re big numbers. Another casualty of Covid 19- related anxiety: a run on seeds, especially seeds for home gardeners. Why have those seed packs disappeared from catalogs and nursery racks? We talk with one seed company about the underlying causes. We get an update on rice planting in the Sacramento Valley. All that, and a lot more, on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.