Utah
Inflation hits Utah farmers, grocery prices on the rise
WEBER COUNTY — Grocery costs proceed to stay excessive as a consequence of inflation. President Biden’s administration is seeking to assist decrease the worth of fertilizers and supply insurance coverage for double cropping to alleviate a number of the stress on farmers. Nonetheless, Utah officers say it could possibly be some time earlier than that occurs. For now, Utah farmers are doing what they will to have a profitable rising season.
“There’s someone that’s put within the exhausting work and tilled the soil and put sweat and tears into ensuring that product will get to all of us on daily basis,” Bailee Woolstenhulme with the Utah Division of Agriculture and Meals informed ABC4. “All the pieces is so exhausting for farmers and ranchers on a regular basis it looks like. Sure, in some methods they’re used to that, and so they’re used to coping with hardships, nevertheless it simply looks like we’re getting hit from all sides.”
Inflation could also be making that and already exhausting job even more durable. “We’re seeing fertilizer costs being two occasions to a few occasions as a lot,” Woolstenhulme defined. It doesn’t cease there, diesel costs are at an all-time excessive and with the worldwide provide chain nonetheless recovering from the pandemic, farmers are discovering that tools, components, chemical substances and mainly all the things they use to have a profitable harvest is rising in value as properly.
“You’ll assume that farmers could be enthusiastic about excessive costs in grocery shops as a result of we may lastly have an opportunity to make some extra money and to be worthwhile, however the actuality is we aren’t making any extra money,” Kenny McFarland said. “We’re making simply the identical, if not possibly even much less in some circumstances.”
McFarland is a farmer and proprietor of McFarland Household Farms. He, and his household, are feeling the results of inflation firsthand.
In line with the Utah Division of Agriculture and Meals, the McFarland household will not be alone. And Utah’s agriculture employees have little to do with the costs it’s possible you’ll be paying on the grocery retailer. Woolstenhulme added: “Quite a lot of the worth will increase you see within the retailer for the meals that you simply get are set by the processors, or the transporters, any of the opposite processes it takes to get from the farm to your grocery retailer.”
In Weber County, the McFarland household grows produce throughout lots of of acres. From sweetcorn to onions to pumpkins, the household grows virtually each vegetable you’ll be able to consider off the highest of your head. Their produce stays pretty native.
“About 80 p.c of our crops are wholesale into grocery shops throughout the Wasatch Entrance and neighboring states,” defined McFarland. “Then, about 20 p.c of it we sale domestically at our fruit stands.”
Officers with UDAF say the draught means water restrictions. For a lot of farmers, this may increasingly restrict the quantity of produce they develop. A pressure of fowl flu is killing poultry throughout the nation which is able to affect the provision of eggs and meat; this additionally means costs will proceed to rise. On high of all that, the conflict in Ukraine will proceed to have an effect on the worldwide provide chain.
Nonetheless, officers say you’ll be able to assist by shopping for native as usually as doable. It’s a suggestion many farmers and ranchers would agree with, together with McFarland. He informed ABC4, “We have to make it possible for we’re shopping for as native as doable to assist maintain farming in Utah as a result of there could possibly be a time when that’s extraordinarily essential to have meals safety right here in Utah.”
Once more, in line with UDAF, it could possibly be a very long time earlier than any federal assist is obtainable to Utah farmers and ranchers. Nonetheless, low-interest (emergency) loans can be found by means of UDAF to those that qualify.
Utah
Colorado man arrested in Utah for murder of a minor, police said
OLJATO, Utah – A Colorado man wanted for the murder of a minor on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation was arrested Tuesday, according to the Navajo Police Department.
In a Facebook post from the NPD, Jeremiah Hight, 23, of the Ute Mountain Tribe was taken into federal custody after police had been looking for him in the Oljato area since Saturday.
Hight was a suspect in the murder of a minor during a shooting on the Ute Mountain Reservation in Towaoc, CO., according to the NPD.
The post said that a federal arrest warrant for murder was issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigations-Durango Office.
Police said the investigation was joined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement, NPD K-9 Unit, and the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations-Kayenta District.
Utah
Utah man triggers avalanche and saves brother buried under the snow | CNN
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A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.
The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest when one of them triggered the avalanche while “side-hilling in a bowl beneath a cliff band in Steep Hollow,” an initial accident report from the Utah Avalanche Center read.
He saw the slope “ripple below and around him” and was able to escape by riding off the north flank of the avalanche, according to the report.
But his brother, who was farther down the slope standing next to his sled, was swept up by the avalanche, carried about 150 yards by the heavy snow and fully buried, the avalanche center said.
Using a transceiver, the man was able to locate his brother underneath the snow, seeing only “a couple fingers of a gloved hand sticking out,” the report said.
The buried brother was dug out and sustained minor injuries, according to the avalanche center. The two were able to ride back to safety.
The Utah Avalanche Center warned that similar avalanche conditions will be common in the area and are expected to rise across the mountains in North Utah and Southeast Idaho ahead of the weekend.
Utah
Snow expected in Utah valleys and mountains
SALT LAKE CITY — According to forecasters, several parts of Utah will receive snow Thursday morning and evening.
On Wednesday, the Utah Department of Transportation issued a road weather alert, warning drivers of slick roads caused by a storm that will arrive in two different waves.
UDOT said the first wave should arrive along the Wasatch Front after 8 to 9 a.m. and will move southward across the state until around noon. By 10 to 11 a.m., most roads are expected to be wet.
“This wave of snow only lasts for a few hours before dissipating around noon or shortly after for many routes,” UDOT stated on its weather alert.
Road Weather Alert: Two rounds of snow expected on Thursday. The 1st comes 8/9am thru noon & the 2nd 4/5pm thru midnight. Both of which bring minor valley road snow & a few inches to the mtns. For more information visit: https://t.co/QrWh3RKePZ……@UtahTrucking#UTWX #UTSNOW pic.twitter.com/NatnzofugZ
— UDOT Traffic (@UDOTTRAFFIC) December 25, 2024
UDOT said an inch or two of snow could be seen in Davis and Weber counties due to cold captures temperatures in the morning.
The Wasatch Back and mountain routes are expected to receive a few inches of snow through noon, with some heavy road snow over the upper Cottonwoods, Logan Summit, Sardine Summit, and Daniels Summit, according to UDOT.
Travelers in central Utah should prepare for a light layer of snow, with an inch or two predicted in the mountains.
Second wave of snow in Utah
According to UDOT, there will be a lull in snow early to mid-Thursday afternoon. But there should be another wave of snow from 4 to 6 p.m.
“With temperatures a bit warmer at this point, the Wasatch Front will likely see more of a rain/snow mix,” UDOT said. “However, some showers may be briefly heavy for short periods of time and be enough to slush up the roads late afternoon/evening with bench routes seeing the higher concern.”
UDOT predicted the Wasatch Back and northern mountain routes to receive another couple of inches during the second wave.
The storm is expected to end around 9 p.m. for the Wasatch Front and valleys, while the mountains will continue to receive snow until about midnight.
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