{"id":7665,"date":"2021-12-01T13:41:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:41:20","slug":"the-droughts-effect-on-california-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7665","title":{"rendered":"The Drought’s Effect on California Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Sasha Reva<\/p>\n

California\u2019s agricultural industry is being very impacted by the drought this year. Both of the water agencies, state and federal, are cutting deliveries to lots of farmers to zero, when some of the people still have access to water due to water rights that go back almost a century.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farmers are trying to fight the shortages in three different ways such as suspending cultivation of fields, drilling new wells and buying water from people who have it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Few weeks ago, the State Department of Water Resources rejected the underground water management plans of four San Joaquin Valley agencies, including the huge Westlands Water District. <\/span>They believe that the state will be aggressive in enforcing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to accept a plan to do a plan,\u201d deputy director for the California Department of Water Resources said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for very concrete, measurable changes to address these deficiencies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI could work seven days a week if I wanted to,\u201d Fresno County well driller Wesley Harmon\u00a0 said. \u201cIn my area, everybody\u2019s pumping. You can\u2019t blame the farmers. They\u2019re trying to make a living, they\u2019re trying to grow food for everybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The drought is the biggest reason for drilling hundreds of new wells that sometimes lead to the collapse of land above. It\u2019s more profitable for farmers to sell water than use it for growing, with prices surging to over $1,000 for an acre-foot (about 326,000 gallons). The business of selling water is growing so much that a recently published article by GV Wire,<\/a> an affiliate of SJV Water a San Joaquin Valley news site, said that multi-million dollar water sales forced small farmers to build water wells on their land to compete with large agribusiness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The drought is one of the biggest issues in California right now, and if we won\u2019t do anything, that will become even more intense.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo Cred: Noah Berger\/ AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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