CA dairies struggle to survive. Sunflower disorders. Farm Bill news.

The single biggest agricultural commodity in California is dairy, which produces more than six billion dollars in revenue a year. But dairy farmers in the Golden State are weathering a big storm. About 230 dairy operations in California have closed during the last five years. Not helping the survival of dairy in California is all the uncertainty of the tariff wars with Mexico and Canada. But one lifeline thrown to California’s dairy farmers recently is their new participation in the federal milk marketing order. We have the details. The U.S. Senate has passed its version of the Farm Bill, which contains some promising news for potential hemp growers. What’s wrong with the sunflowers growing in Yolo, Sutter and Solano Counties? We delve into the mysteries of abiotic disorders of the local sunflower crops with a University of California expert. All that, crop reports, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.