Weather Heating Up & Fighting the Disease
Weather Heating Up & Fighting the Disease plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.
A lot of people are scratching their heads about this year’s weather. In the mid west there has been an incredible outbreak of storms and flooding while areas of the west are cool but have also been very dry. Meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about what the upcoming weather in the west is likely to be.
RIPPEY: We’ve seen unusually cool weather in
The dry spell in the NW could be a sign of some early forest fires in the region so be careful out there.
The World Health Organization has declared H1N1 as a global pandemic - but the World Animal Health Organization - OIE - says culling of pigs won’t help guard against public or animal health risks presented by the virus because animals - including swine - have no role in spreading the virus. OIE believes there’s little scientific reason to put curbs on the pork industry. The organization says the imposition of ban measurers related to the import from countries with cases of H1N1 are pointless and don’t comply with international standards published by OIE.
Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.
School has just let out for the summer in our neck of the woods and while the kids are excited about the summer holiday stretching out in front of them, many parents are sporting looks resembling deer caught in the headlights. So…if you‘re one of these parents how about sending your little darlin’s to camp? And not just any camp, farm camp. Yes, there is such a place; in fact there are several across the
Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.