Wildfires and Power Outages and Screwworm Draws Closer
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson and this is your Agribusiness Update.
**California farmers and ranchers have suffered some of the worst impacts of increasing wildfires in California, losing crops to fire and smoke, and planned power outages.
Pacific Gas and Electric’s Dave Canny spoke with Ag Alert® about their efforts to mitigate wildfire risks, improve electric reliability and reduce costs.
Canny says PGE has made recent improvements to be more targeted with planned shutoffs and to bury more of its powerlines underground.
**Mexico’s Ag Ministry says another case of New World Screwworm was reported in Nuevo (new-WAY-voh) Leon (lee-OHN), which borders the U.S.
Reuters says the infected calf came from southern Mexico and was intercepted just south of Monterrey.
None of the other 84 animals in the shipment were found to be infected with the flesh-eating parasite.
The outbreak has prompted the U.S. government to keep its border mostly closed to Mexican cattle imports.
**The U.S. is bracing for a record grain harvest totaling 21.5 billion bushels of corn, soybeans and grain sorghum this fall.
But this comes during a period of heightened uncertainty surrounding the U.S. trade relationship with China.
Meanwhile, grain storage and transportation logistics are more complicated than usual.
According to CoBank's Knowledge Exchange, grain storage will be extraordinarily tight this fall with grain merchandisers charging higher fees due to limited capacity.
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