More pandemic relief money for CA farms. Mystery seeds from China: a threat to CA ag?

Is more pandemic relief money headed for California’s farmers and ranchers, who have been upended by changes in markets and problems with supply chains? This past week, the U.S. Senate introduced a trillion dollar pandemic relief bill, that included $20 billion for farms, ranches and rural communities. We have the details. More and more Californians are receiving those small packages of mystery seeds from China and other countries. Is it just a marketing ploy? Or do those seeds present a threat to California agriculture, if unleashed into the wild? And, we find out how HLB, citrus greening disease, can spread via seed. All that, the weather, the latest crop reports, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour. Let’s get started!