Without water, farmers struggle to stay afloat
03-05-2009
Amid third critically-dry year, California almond production takes back seat to staying in business; farmers will fallow 300,000-plus acres. In March, Bureau of Reclamation stopped providing water for agriculture to 200 Central Valley districts. And: Takes 3 1/2 acre-feet of water to produce almond crop, 1 foot to keep trees alive (click 'See also').
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Tags: almonds, bell peppers, broccoli, California, California Department of Water Resources, California Farm Bureau Federation, cantaloupes, Central Valley, Chuck Dees, crops, drought, Fresno, Lynnette Wirth, Matt Notley, Mendota, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, orchards, Paul Wenger, S&S Ranch, sweet corn, Tom Birmingham, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, water, wells, Westlands Water District
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