The annual Stockton Asparagus festival is happening this weekend, but how many more years can it exist with the steep decline in Delta-area asparagus production? Why has this popular vegetable fallen on hard times locally?

As if our fragile waterway systems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta didn’t have enough problems, a nutria - a 20-pound, levee-devouring swamp rodent - has been found in the area west of Stockton…We have an update on the northward spread of this dangerous pest.

What are the chances for a U.S. return to membership in the Trans Pacific Partnership, a vital component for California’s agricultural export industry?

All that, crop reports, and more…on this week’s KSTE Farm Hour.