When a hurricane hits the east coast, we can count on a lot more than wind and water damage. We can count on some outrageous video, of these incredible weathermen …
The Western View: El Niño Winter Ahead?
This year, we may have an El Niño winter. Then again, we may not! Weather experts with NOAA – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal government’s weather experts …
The Western View: CRB Study in Ag Financial Issues
Every business person in California is painfully aware of the cost of doing business in such a highly regulated state, and the appearance that some state agencies have a strong …
The Western View: World’s Only Corn Palace
If you’re traveling in the midwest this summer, there’s a building in Mitchell, South Dakota, that you might want to stop and see. The folks in Mitchell say it’s the …
California, What Are You thinking?
California is once again being consumed by fire, with lives lost, billions of dollars in damage, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent to keep all those firefighters risking their …
The Western View: National Day of the Cowboy
The last Saturday of July is the National Day of the Cowboy. National Day of the Cowboy Many of the first cowboys really were boys – at least, they were …
California Water Board Central Valley Plan Bad for Farmers/Consumers
California’s farming industry got quite a shock last week when the state Water Board presented the first phase in a series of takings directed at water dedicated to the Central …
The Western View: Efforts to Split California
There’s yet another group that wants to split up California. Their idea is gaining traction, and enough people have signed a statewide petition to get the measure on the November …
The Western View: North Dakota Pyramid
Did you know there is a pyramid in North Dakota? Standing silent and tall over the endless plains, with little more than a fence between it and the north pole, …
The Western View: Moapa Valley
In the 1850’s, farmers from the United States began a massive migration, crossing the continent first to the gold fields in Colorado and California then to the rich soil and …
The Western View: Parkfield Bluegrass
Truly, American music has its roots in the joyous sounds of bluegrass. This is music that sprang from the backwoods and traveled through the heartland to become folk and soul, …
The Western View: Feile Parkfield
America has deep Irish roots, and one way those roots come alive is through our music. That uniquely American sound of Bluegrass has more than a touch of Irish in …
The Western View: Nutria Invasion
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is sounding the alarm about a new rodent that is moving into the state. This animal is very big trouble. It has the …
The Western View: VOC Lab
Citrus greening disease or HLB has become one of the greatest threats to the citrus industry around the world. It is a devastating disease for which no cure has been …