“The state’s severe drought has prompted some growers to rip out orchards or curtail production this year, but (the) report suggests that the industry overall is holding strong,” said a Modesto Bee story. “Growers have replaced some of the reduced river water supplies with increased well pumping, raising concern in some places about overdraft. They also might fallow annual crops to get more water to the trees, purchase water from other growers, and conserve the supplies with soil-moisture monitoring and other techniques.”