A combination of Congressional Democrats and conservative Republicans voted down the 2018 farm bill last week. We’ll tell you why, and offer the latest assessment for when it will come up to a vote again in Congress. Apparently, we’re friends with China again. We report on progress in US/China trade talks and the tariffs that did not materialize. California farmers are wide-eyed at the prospect of growing a drought-tolerant crop that fetches $90,000 an acre at harvest time. Yes, we are talking hemp, and the prospects for its legalization are increasing. We have an in-depth report on this crop with 25,000 uses. All that, the latest crop news, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.
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