May 1, 2014
Lack Of Water Taking California Farmers Into Uncharted Territory
Lack of Water Taking California Farmers Into Uncharted Territory
CBS Sacramento · May 2014 · By Ian Schwartz
"For months farmers have only been able to guess how the drought would affect them, but this year’s planting season brings bad news. Not only are the crops hit hard, other businesses are feeling the pain.
Each year the land is worked in the spring, being readied for the rice crop harvest in the fall. But this season, farmers are in uncharted waters.
“I’ve never gone through a year like this with cutbacks like this and uncertainty,” said rice farmer Nicole Van Vleck, who’s been growing rice near Yuba City for 20 years.
The drought’s grip is seen from rice plot to rice plot."
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