KSTE Farm Hour. More tariffs on almonds, walnuts. Rice progress. Controlling rodents with raptors.

Two steps forward, one step back. It’s the dance that many California farmers, especially nut growers, are doing regarding our country’s tariff travails. Mexico ratifying the USMCA and a thaw in US - China tariff negotiations is the good news. The step back: India is imposing larger tariffs on California’s almonds and walnuts. We have the details. We talk with area farmers about how this year’s rice and apricot crops are fairing…so far. And a safer alternative to controlling levee-destroying rodents on California’s farms: Raptors. All that, crop reports, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour. Let’s get started!