Meager water allocations for CA farmers. China trade uncertainty. High-chill apples in Southern California.

The President promised farmers in Bakersfield more water recently. It won’t be coming anytime soon. You may have noticed why: It hasn’t rained in the valleys or snowed in the mountains for over a month here. We have the ugly numbers. How’s that Phase One China trade deal working out for California’s farmers? There are still a lot of unknowns. Recent agricultural research once again shows, Everything You Know is Wrong. In this case, it’s about apples. In particular, the supposed inability to grow high chill apple varieties in Southern California. All that and a lot more, on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour