Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 4/22/21


Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack were named Wednesday to be co-chairs of a Biden administration working group charged with addressing worsening drought conditions in the western half of the nation. Some 45% of the continental United States is facing conditions ranging from moderate to exceptional drought. The White House announced the formation of the interagency group, pointing to historically low water allocations in the Klamath River Basin in the...

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