1-4 NWR Ag Secretary

1-4 NWR Ag Secretary

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
This is your Northwest Report for Wednesday, January 4, I'm David Sparks and NRCS Snow Survey meteorologist Ron Abramovich says above normal precipitation levels including rain and snow have helped Northwest water conditions. I talked with him yesterday. "Are you optimistic about the amount of precipitation we have had? Oh yes. What we are learning this morning is that the precipitation we got in October fell in record amounts. So the moisture we got in October really helped fill the moisture voids and also brought stream flows up. Plus provided more moisture for the reservoirs.

Elsewhere, Northwest farmers and ranchers are eagerly waiting President-elect Donald Trump's decision on an agriculture secretary, as the new Congress convenes to ratify his election and prepare to move his agenda. The 115th Congress convened yesterday with the swearing in of the new senators and House members. Trump, meanwhile, is expected to finally announce his choice for agriculture secretary this week. Many of us in the Northwest were excited about the potential for Idaho Gov. Butch Otter to represent us in agriculture, but according to agri-pulse.com most of the signs point to a Hispanic nominee from Texas, either former Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla or Elsa Murano, a former president of Texas A&M University and under secretary of food safety at USDA. Both interviewed with Trump last week and afterwards were photographed with the president-elect.

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