Jim Morris SiskiyouCounty diversified grower
The hay sea- son ended two weeks ago here in this part of the world. There’s a few people that are thinking about putting a little hay up, but
for the most part forage crops are in the barn. We’ve had our first killing frost, so the season has changed. For me, the cattle are out on the hay fields right now eating the aftermath, so the residual of what’s left over in the hay field and everything’s looking pretty good. The year was pretty good for forage crops. I did have carrots that I harvested for seed, and the yield and quality looked very good, so that’s encouraging because it’s something kind of new to our area. If it works out this year, then it’s probably something that will fit into our rotation. It’s been very dry. We’re 70 days now without measurable rain, and the river running through our place is dry. The chinook salmon that would like to come up to spawn have nowhere to go at this point. It is not a factor of irrigation, but a factor of no snow in the mountains and no rain for an extended period of time. This is going to be an issue which we would like to find ways to mitigate for, but right now it just causes contention among our communities. Heidi Diestel TuolumneCounty turkey farmer We’re in
the middle of producing for
Thanksgiving. We have a variety of product offerings: some frozen, some fresh, some fully cooked,
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some raw, some brined and seasoned. Right now, it’s not even the calm before storm; it’s pretty much just the storm. Our turkeys are all grown to be sized specifically. We’re bringing those turkeys in to be very specific to the products that they are ultimately going to be: This is going to be a bone-in breast, this is going to be a boneless roast, this one’s going to be fully cooked. It’s a big jigsaw puzzle to figure out. As for COVID: At the beginning of the year, folks were very nervous about how the holidays are going to be. It’s also an election year. That always gets people a little bit worked up, in general. It’s been a bit of a guessing game to decide what folks are going to need and how much they are going to need.
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