The years-long drought and dwindling water supply are estimated to have left more than 531,000 acres of California farmlands unplanted without harvest this year — a 36% increase since August of last year. “It’s true that things are not great now,” Aaron Smith, professor of agricultural economics at UC Davis, said. The crops that are […]
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