Relentless drought to cost California ag economy $1.8 billion

The fourth year of unrelenting drought in California will cost the state agricultural economy $1.8 billion – 20 percent more than in 2014 – although farmers and their irrigation districts “are showing more resilience to the drought than many had anticipated,” says a report by the UC-Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. Continuation of drought into 2016… » Read More

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