KSTE Farm Hour, Aug. 20. Duarte case resolved. Delta Tunnels-Build it now, fix it later?

Tehama County farmer John Duarte’s battle against the Army Corps of Engineers and the Waters of the United States regulations has ended, before this farmland plowing case went to trial. We have the details. Ag commodity markets tumble after the latest USDA crop forecasts are released. Build it now, fix it later. That’s the mantra for the proponents of the Delta Tunnels project. But will fixes ever be approved? We’ll tell you about the committee that will oversee any project fixes. The price of California avocados is going up. You can blame that on the drought, too. And, we talk about the benefits of cover cropping. All that, crop reports, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.