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KSTE Farm Hour, 183 episodes. Page 2 of 2.

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101

Trump to open border for farm workers? Rural residents demand faster Internet.

102

Sierra snowpack improves. Rices sales to China? Tips for beekeepers.

103

Advances in hybrid seed reproduction, varroa mite control. Revised WOTUS clarified.

104

Dining out vs. CA farm income. Gophers vs. drip irrigation. CA Farm Demonstration Network.

105

2018 Farm Bill signed into law. Disease threat spurs more California lettuce recalls.

106

New Farm Bill legalizes hemp growing. Clean Water Act revisions. Delta Tunnels delay.

107

Farm income down. Winter maintenance tips. Plum aphid controls.

108

Romaine lettuce recall roils CA farms. Camp Fire aftermath. Wild pigs. Pecans.

109

Camp Fire Ag Relief. Apple agri-tourism. Give thanks for farmers.

110

Relief fund for Camp Fire livestock. Farm Bill concerns. Hemp-related businesses.

111

Voters deal multiple blows to CA farmers. Groundwater recharge tests.

112

Delta legislators ask EPA to deny loan for Delta Tunnels project. Walnut freeze tips.

113

Presidential memorandum for more ag water. Attracting bats to the farm.

114

Headline: PG&E power shutoff rankles farmers, ranchers. Heirloom fruits.

115

China imposes more tariffs on CA farm goods. Smoke-tainted wine grapes refused.

116

Canada trade agreement a win for CA dairy farmers, wineries. Apple Hill tour.

117

Big 2018 harvests for many CA crops. But trade issues will blunt sales.

118

Carolina storms have little effect on CA crop prices. CA drought threat up.

119

Why is rice acreage shrinking in the Sacramento Valley? Ag effects of East Coast storm.

120

Farmers Markets deal with Oriental Fruit Fly. Oroville Dam: “Unsatisfactory”.

121

CA farmers shorted on tariff relief. Oriental fruit fly in Sac. Co.

122

CA water battles heat up at Capitol. Virulent Newcastle Disease in Chickens.

123

CA farmers talk tariffs, immigration with USDA head. Local farm advisor passes away.

124

Ag losses mount in wildfires. Water issues, land issues clash.

125

CA wildfires rage, farms suffer. Farm tariff relief to skip CA?

126

8/1/18 A&G Hr. 3 Exhaustion in the Press Room

127

Farmers torn by Trump’s offer to shore up ag losses due to tariffs. Rats in the orchard.

128

Farmers oppose proposal to shift water from ag to fish. Friant Canal woes.

129

CA almond production up, but will Chinese tariffs slow sales? Hybridizing fruit.

130

China’s qualitative tariff war on ag. CA barley feeds farm to mug movement.

131

Subsidies for tariffed ag products? State tackles wild pigs. CA pears down

132

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

133

CA dairies struggle to survive. Sunflower disorders. Farm Bill news.

134

Newcastle poultry disease spreads in CA. High speed rural broadband needs.

135

CA farm products impacted by tariff retaliation. Newcastle disease in CA.

136

Farm Bill voted down. SWP offers more farm water. Future of hemp in CA.

137

Almond acreage up. Sites Reservoir gets boost. Rodents vs. drip irrigation.

138

Groundwater banking atmospheric river events. Foot-Mouth disease vaccine.

139

CA farmers voice concerns about Chinese tariffs. Walnut damage from floods.

140

Almond freeze damage in NorCal orchards. Local pears, cherries struggle to survive.

141

The decline of Delta asparagus. Giant swamp rat found near Stockton farm.

142

China tariffs upend CA farmers export plans. MWD to finance Delta tunnels.

143

More tariff troubles for farmers. Walnut pests. ICE arresting farmworkers.

144

Tariff repercussions hit CA agriculture. Roof rats invade orchards. Ag Day.

145

Fall fires, winter freeze, March rains still vex CA farmers. Cover crops.

146

Snowpack increases, but is it enough to fill ag allocations? Freeze damage.

147

Sierra snowpack up. Tariffs hurt CA ag exports. Fighting powdery mildew.

148

2018 nut crops imperiled by Valley hard freeze. A visit to Zaiger Genetics.

149

Farms hit by ICE raids. Meager CVP water allocations. Nutria invasion.

150

Farmers, agribusiness owners caught in middle of Immigration crackdown.

151

Proposed dams hit roadblock. Delta tunnels plan halved. Alfalfa vs drought.

152

Oroville Dam construction problems. Shrinking strawberry acreage. Gophers!

153

Truck shortage imperils CA winter harvest. NAFTA talks continue. Biochar.

154

Farmers take action vs. bullet train, Delta Tunnels. More pest quarantines.

155

Oroville Dam report hastens DWR chief ouster. State stiffs flooded farmers.

156

Thomas Fire hits So Cal ag. More CVP water for farms? All about fennel.

157

Recycled water for Sac Co farms? New Delta tunnels lawsuit. Generator tips.

158

SoCal fires damage avocado, lemon orchards. Does La Nina portend another drought?

159

Wildfires threaten avocados. Fireworks at Delta Tunnels community meeting.

160

$13 billion in water bonds on 2018 CA ballots. Vegetable surplus problems.

161

Ag labor issues in CA. Controlling plum aphids. Barn owls vs. farm rodents.

162

CA farm damage assessment from 2017 fires, floods. Turkey prices down.

163

New pesticide spraying rules near schools. USDA’s Perdue visits CA farmers.

164

Wildfire smoke vs. winegrape quality. Sac. Co. record 2016 ag production.

165

Wine country wildfire damage report. A Delta Tunnels vote, with a catch

166

Wildfires ravage CA wine country. MWD votes to finance Delta Tunnels.

167

Medfly quarantine in Solano County. Weed Control in orchards, vineyards.

168

Sacramento County farms set a record. Organic farm production up. Hedgerows.

169

Sept. 24: Delta Tunnels setback. CA rice harvest. Cold, wet winter ahead?

170

Sept. 17: Heat turning premium wine grapes to raisins. Groundwater banking.

171

Sept. 10: CA bill to thwart ICE raids on farms. Placer Co agriculture.

172

Sep. 3: Harvey vs. TX ag. Alfalfa and drip irrigation. Attracting bees.

173

Aug. 27: Lawsuits filed against Delta Tunnels. Japanese beetles in OR.

174

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

175

Aug. 13: NAFTA talks worry farmers. How healthy soil can cut water use.

176

KSTE Farm Hour Aug. 6. Heat threatens Sacramento Valley rice crop. Biochar.

177

KSTE Farm Hour 7/9

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KSTE Farm Hour 7/16

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KSTE Farm Hour 7/30

180

China opens up for U.S. rice. Another HLB-infected citrus tree found in CA

181

KSTE Farm Hour July 23: CA Cap and Trade bill has savings for farmers. Thwarting wild pigs.

182

KSTE Farm Hour July 9: Delta tunnels lawsuit filed. Heat disrupts tomato crop. Rural broadband.

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KSTE Farm Hour, July 2: 2 Fed groups OK Delta tunnels. Rodents vs. drip tape. WOTUS revisions.