Episode 25 - Water Resource Challenges In the United States & Around The Globe

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​Episode Highlights

• [4:10] The Birthday Game - Baron Trump, Matthew Broderick and Wolf Blitzer.
  
  
• [6:09] Sonny Perdue Confirmation Hearing - The Senate Agriculture Committee held a nomination hearing for Perdue on March 23.
  
  
• [12:30] California farmers will get bump in irrigation water - this headline is not quite accurate. 
  
  
  • ​Article is referencing the Bureau of Reclamation's announcement of initial water allocations. 
    
    
  • Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley will receive 65 percent of what they expect.
    
    
• [20:18] The Drought in Kenya - People are walking miles for clean water in drought-struck Kenya.
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  • There are not many solutions here outside of significant foreign aid. Also, is this now the new norm? Will water be available at some point in the future.
    
    
• [22:50] The country of Peru dealing with too much water- rainfall is leading to devastating flooding. 
  
  
• [25.25] There are also significant wildfires - the agriculture communities in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas dealt with wildfires in March. 
  
  
  • Video of damage to over 2 million acres and the loss of tens of thousands of livestock.
    
    
• [28:22] Brent's Tip of the Week - "Smile." Don't forget to listen to Brent's story about why we should smile!