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Officials
seek drought designation
Dry
conditions continue to plague Northern California
By
TY BEAVER
H&N
Staff Writer
Agricultural officials are requesting a drought designation for
Joe Moreo, agricultural commissioner for
“You walk around
and it looks like the end of October and September before the rains
start,” he said.
Several growers have
approached Moreo about a drought designation because of the severity of
the water shortage. He said he is in the process of documenting damage
and other information to submit for the designation.
Betsy Ingraham, a
rancher and hay grower at Davis Creek, said her operation is almost out
of pasture. Davis Creek itself still has water but it is low and
Unable
to irrigate
Her operation does
not use pumps and so she is unable to irrigate meadows, which have been
dry since April.
Ingraham expects to start feeding her cattle on a limited supply
of hay by the end of September. Feeding usually doesn’t start until
the end of December.
“It’s just very
dismal. We need rain,” she said.
She’s not alone.
Farmers with pumps to irrigate alfalfa are managing, but are still
struggling, Ingraham said.
It’s not the first
drought the rancher has experienced, and she says people will pull
through. However, she shares Moreo’s sentiments about the importance
of the coming winter’s snowfall.
“This winter will
make or break us,” Moreo said.
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