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UCCE advisor Ruth Dahlquist-Willard (right) demonstrates how to evaluate soil moisture with a soil sampler. In the center is UCCE Hmong ag assistant Michael Yang. Ka Xiong<\/p><\/div>\n

By Jeannette Warnert, UC Agriculture & Natural Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the Central Valley Hmong Agriculture radio show aired, the phones at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Fresno County were buzzing non-stop with farmers anxious to apply for state grants to improve irrigation systems and energy efficiency. Michael Yang<\/a>, UCCE Hmong agricultural assistant, has hosted the one-hour show each Tuesday afternoon on KBIF 900 AM for 19 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes we don’t see the farmers that often. They are busy on the farm,\u201d Yang said. \u201cBut when they hear something (important) like this on the radio, they show up.\u201d<\/p>\n

UC Cooperative Extension office staff – including UCCE advisor Ruth Dahlquist-Willard<\/a>, Yang, part time staffer Xia Chang, Fresno State student volunteer Sunny Yang, and research assistant Janet Robles from Fresno State’s Center for Irrigation Technology \u2013 are working with small-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers one-on-one to line up the necessary paperwork and information to submit successful grant applications. (Read more about UC staffer\u00a0Xia\u00a0Chang, millennial\u00a0Hmong\u00a0farmer.)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe helped eight farmers submit applications in the last two rounds, and seven received grants,\u201d Yang said. \u201cThe money is significant.\u201d<\/p>\n

The grants allowed the farmers to make improvements in energy efficiency and water savings, Dahlquist-Willard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis can make a huge difference for the profitability of a small farm,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The application requires energy bills from the previous growing season, a pump test and a plan for redesigning the irrigation system to result in reduced water use and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of calculations to do,\u201d Yang said. \u201cIt’s very complicated, and no one is available to help underserved farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

While assisting farmers with applications for other programs is not usually part of UCCE’s extension efforts, the small farms program in Fresno County has identified this form of assistance as crucial to the success of small-scale and minority-operated farms.<\/p>\n

Help with the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) grants is one in a series of outreach efforts for Hmong farmers spearheaded by Dahlquist-Willard since she was hired in 2014 to work with small-scale farmers in Fresno and Tulare counties. After just two weeks on the job, she was invited to an emergency meeting with the National Hmong American Farmers and USDA’s Farm Service Agency to address the challenges faced by Hmong farmers as groundwater levels continued to drop during the drought.<\/p>\n

\u201cWells were starting to dry up. Some Hmong farmers were reportedly calling suicide hotlines,\u201d Dahlquist-Willard said. \u201cWe knew we had to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dahlquist-Willard and her staff began researching programs that could offer the farmers financial assistance. They identified a free PG&E rate analysis, which could help the farmers choose the best electric rate for their irrigation practices to minimize charges. They searched for financing to deepen wells for farmers who had difficulty qualifying for existing USDA loans. And in 2015, they began helping farmers with applications for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The dire circumstances also prompted Dahlquist-Willard to commission a survey of Hmong farmers to see how they were impacted by the drought. Documenting their plight would be useful in seeking support. The survey was conducted in conjunction with outreach efforts with Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board and Jennifer Sowerwine<\/a>, UCCE Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. The survey was funded funded with a grant from the USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach and with support from\u00a0UC Agriculture and Natural Resources<\/a> via Sowerwine.<\/p>\n

Sixty-eight farmers were interviewed by phone or in-person. Twenty-two percent said their wells had dried up, and 51 percent reported a decreased water flow.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the ones with dry wells, it could be $20,000 to $50,000 to drill a new well,\u201d Dahlquist-Willard said. \u201cA lot of them cannot get access to loans.\u201d<\/p>\n

To deal with irrigation water limitations, some farmers told interviewers they reduced acreage or changed the time of day they irrigate. Some stopped farming all together.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne farmer told us he was irrigating his crops with his domestic well,\u201d Dahlquist-Willard said.<\/p>\n

Energy efficiency programs turned out to be very important for this population of farmers. Eighty-seven percent said their utility bills increased during the drought. As a result, UCCE has been promoting PG&E programs for energy efficiency as well as the SWEEP program.<\/p>\n

The survey also showed the power of radio in reaching the Hmong farming community. Eighty percent of the survey respondents said they were regular listeners to Michael Yang’s Central Valley Hmong Agriculture radio show.<\/p>\n

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