Tariffs, immigration woes raise CA farm concerns. Broomrape weed in Yolo Co.

Trade issues and threatened tariffs with several foreign countries, especially China, pose a risk to the state’s agricultural exports. Farmers need workers. And the prospects for getting easier access to skilled foreign agricultural labor are dim, due to the immigration issues currently facing the U.S. Two pests are back on the CA farm scene: West Nile Virus for horses, and a parasitic plant, broomrape, that’s threatening crops in Yolo County and the Delta. Central Valley Project ag customers south of the Delta will get more water. How Ventura County employed hawks to kill rodents that were destroying levees. All that, plus crop reports, on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.