Drought Worsens & Another Farm Parody

Drought Worsens & Another Farm Parody plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report.

Parts of the western states are trying to cope with a lack of water again this year. California is facing the third most severe drought on record with water levels in some areas of the ag belt reduced to a third. Fines of $500 a day are being levied for wasting water. Jay Lund, from UC Davis says that it doesn't look good for the near future as well.

LUND: There's a very good chance that next year will be dry or critically dry given that this year is dry. It basically doubles the chance that next year will be a drought if you're in a deep drought.

The Peterson Farm Brothers have released a new parody on YouTube to DJ Khaled's All I do is Win called All I Do is Farm. Other parody stars - including Kansas farmer Derek Klingenberg - appear as cameos in the new parody. Other parody videos by the brothers have been viewed more than 23-million times on YouTube. Go to YouTube.com and search Peterson Farm Brothers All I Do is Farm.

(All I Do Is Farm)

Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray.

Ag Network's Greg Martin recently spoke with an amazing young woman by the name of Amberley Snyder, a former Utah FFA state president and National Little Britches Rodeo world champion who is now confined to a wheelchair after wrecking her truck and breaking her back. But she still rides her horses. Snyder told Martin that "When I get on my horses I get to leave my wheelchair - I get to get on and I forget about that." Nearly anyone who works with horses will tell you the relationship between a rider and their horse is an amazing thing. Sadly, there has been a decline in interest from young people when it comes to horses. That's why one of the primary goals of American Quarter Horse Association 2013 President Johne Dobbs was to grow efforts to introduce kids to the world of horses. Out of this the "Take Me Riding" youth initiative was born as a website that offers inclusive and affordable ways to reward young people for their horse activity no matter the breed, the type of involvement, or digital device. On the website there is the statement that "horses are beautiful, fun and loyal animals"; a statement that I'm sure Amberley Snyder would be more than in agreement with. Her loyal horse companions have seen her through the most challenging of times.

Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.