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Harsher drought impacts forecast for California agriculture

Posted on June 2, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Richard Howitt, Duncan MacEwan, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay Lund and Daniel A. Sumner The drought is expected to be worse for California’s agricultural economy this year because of reduced water availability, according to our preliminary estimates released today. The study, summarized below, … Continue reading →

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Food prices and the California drought

Posted on April 22, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Daniel A. Sumner California’s drought has been tough on farms and especially painful for farm workers in the Central Valley. But consumers of California-produced food have been spared large price increases. Despite the severity of the drought and California’s … Continue reading →

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