COVID assistance payments for CA specialty crops. Pierce’s Disease update.

If your specialty crop is not on the list for those eligible for coronavirus assistance payments from the USDA, there is a way you can get included, but you better hurry. And among those currently not eligible are two major California agricultural producers, cut flowers and nursery products. The Japanese Beetle is back in Sacramento County, a major threat to the county’s wine grapes and pears. We talk with the Sacramento County Agricultural commissioner about what is being done to eradicate the latest find. Small farmers with leftover produce from farmers markets now have a website where they can easily find a food bank or food pantry near them to donate their surplus. We talk with the founder of AmpleHarvest.org. And the battle to control the spread of Pierce’s Disease in California’s vineyards is an ongoing battle. We have an update. All that, crop reports, the week ahead in weather, and a lot more, on this week’s KSTE farm Hour.