CA farmers talk tariffs, immigration with USDA head. Local farm advisor passes away.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited California this past week. And he got an earful from Central Valley farmers about the shortage of farm labor, immigration issues, and of course…the ongoing tariff disputes. Fueling those concerns: a new report out that shows California’s farmers could lose 3.3 billion dollars…per year, due to any retaliatory tariffs. A California jury has awarded a school groundskeeper $289 million dollars for his cancer illness…and that jury held Monsanto and its glyphosate weed-killing products liable for those damages. How close are we to consuming lab-grown meat? Closer than you may think. We have that report. Also, we remember a beloved local farm advisor, who lost his battle with cancer recently. All that, crop reports, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.