$48 million in government grants to help western farmers amid drought and climate change

The Obama administration is announcing $48 million in grants to help farmers and others in the west conserve water and energy amid drought and climate change. The agriculture department says the effort will include 76 projects in at least 11 western states, which includes Nevada. But drought grants are not new to Nevada farmers.  Nevada farmers have been able to receive grants over the past few years to help keep their farms from drying up. Rick Lattin of Lattin Farms in Fallon Nevada hopes these new grants can help restore the agricultural landscape. The funds include $15 million in USDA funds and $32.6 million from the Bureau of Reclamation for local projects to improve water and energy efficiency and provide a strengthened federal response to ongoing and potential drought across 13 states in the West.