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California drought - 3.5% food price increase; And the desert reverts to being a desert
Topic Started: Mar 20 2014, 03:26 AM (240 Views)
Pat
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It sounds like farming in the central valley is about to become extinct. If a family of four spends $1,000 a month for groceries, then the affect on their pocket book will be roughly $420 this coming year.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/19/farmer-rally-against-regulations-limiting-water-supplies-amid-drought/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

Facing drought, California farmers rally against regulations limiting water supplies

By Will CarrPublished March 19, 2014FoxNews.comFacebook3 Twitter13 Gplus0

Thousands of farmers in drought-stricken California are rallying this week in opposition to regulations that have frozen water supplies across the state.

"It's devastating, it's like I'll have to sell something. I'll have to sell half to maintain the other half," Alfalfa farmer Michael Erskine said. Erskine said the drought, combined with cuts to water deliveries, have slashed his bottom line by more than 50 percent.

At issue is a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last week that upheld federal guidelines limiting water deliveries from the northern part of the state to the southern part of the state -- to protect an endangered fish called the Delta smelt. The ruling went against a lower-court ruling that overturned the 2008 guidelines from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Environmentalists fought to preserve those guidelines, but farmers say they're preventing vital water supplies from reaching the areas that need it most.

"I'm looking at tens of thousands of people being out of work," Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said. "We're probably going to have upwards of five, six, seven hundred acres of farm ground that's going to be out of production."

As a result of the drought and water restrictions, experts believe retail food prices could jump as much as 3.5 percent this year.

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How long before the idiots give them some water?
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If California wasn't sending tax money to the Feds to do flood control, fire damage mitigation, and flood damage mitigation in OK, MS, and LA, we might be able to make the upgrades required to keep the water flowing so we could export food. You get a choice cheap food or money for the Welfaires in the south. There are several plans that would keep the water flowing and still save the smelt as required, just takes money to implement them.

The drought of Federal funds returned to the state preceded the water drought by twenty years and has been an ongoing problem.

How come the state needs to build the water projects instead of the great Capitalist system all you CINO's love, I'm sure that there is longterm money to be made in delivering water to farm lands.


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Who had the bright idea to turn desert into farmland
in the first place?
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Union Pacific RailRoad


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The central valley is some of the most productive farmland in the country. They'll survive
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I've noticed prices have increased at the grocery store the last week or so.
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Corky52
Mar 20 2014, 04:24 AM
If California wasn't sending tax money to the Feds to do flood control, fire damage mitigation, and flood damage mitigation in OK, MS, and LA, we might be able to make the upgrades required to keep the water flowing so we could export food. You get a choice cheap food or money for the Welfaires in the south. There are several plans that would keep the water flowing and still save the smelt as required, just takes money to implement them.

The drought of Federal funds returned to the state preceded the water drought by twenty years and has been an ongoing problem.

How come the state needs to build the water projects instead of the great Capitalist system all you CINO's love, I'm sure that there is longterm money to be made in delivering water to farm lands.


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Amen
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omg more bs
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I'm surprised the drought isn't Obama's fault. :tongue:
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