Snyder says a big change came with computers, which then expanded with the introduction of the internet. Taking the case of the Klamath Basin farmers and ranchers to court. Farmers and ranchers in the region lost their irrigation water for nearly 200,000 acres this year due to a drought, and a federal decision to use what little water there was, for fish protected under the Endangered Species Act. The law firm successfully won a similar case for farmers in the Tulare Lake area in California. Bob Harrision with the law firm says there too the farmers had their irrigation water diverted for protected fish, and they sued the federal government in the court of claims.
Traders head back to the pits today after the three day holidy weekend.
On Friday wheat futures closed mostly higher at Chicago and Kansas City, lower at Minneapolis, heavier deliveries on September contracts being the factor there. Gary Hofer, REAP director for the Washington Association of Wheat Growers, says cash white wheat continues to firm as CCC offers continue to take slack out of the pipeline. Futures exchanges are closed today for the Labor Day holiday. Trading resumes tomorrow. Gary Hofer REAP director for the Washington Association of Wheat Growers, takes time to explain those who trade the market on emotion and those who approach it with rules, like the big commercials.