Drought: Feds cut water to Central Valley farmers to zero [California Democrats don't give a dam]

sfgate ^ | Feb 22, 2014 | Kurtis Alexander

[Jim Robinson]

Central Valley farmers took a crippling blow Friday when U.S. officials made the unprecedented announcement that they would get no irrigation water from the federal government this year because of the drought.

But growers in a region with the country's most productive soil said the loss of one of their chief water supplies won't be their problem alone: Consumers will be hit hard in the form of higher prices at the produce market.

California's unusually dry weather is forcing producers of fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains to make tough decisions about which crops to plant, and which ones not to plant due to a lack of water, leaving harvests that are likely to fall short of demand.

A recent estimate by an industry group, the California Farm Water Coalition, suggested that as much as 600,000 acres of land, or about 8 percent of the state's total, could be left fallow in the coming year.

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Jay Lund, who heads the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, said products from other parts of the world will fill some of the void, easing the impact on price.

"They'll go up a little bit," Lund said. "But I don't think it will be catastrophic. Time will tell."

[LouAvul]

My son lives in the central valley. It’s bad. California needs to get its head out of their rear and do the right thing. Shutting down the valley’s agriculture for what, a fish? We’re not merely talking state’s rights here. We’re talking the survival of the source of 1/4 of America’s food. Idiots.

[Cowboy Bob]

If the farmers go bankrupt, what are the Liberals going to eat?

[knarf]

So ... everybody’s gonn’a talk and analyze this ... right ?

[volunbeer]

Desalinization of sea-water is the logical solution to the situation in California, but the communists, er... environmentalists, will not allow it.

If our nation truly wanted a green revolution we would proceed full speed ahead on the new generation of nuclear energy and this would make desalinization affordable. It would also create hundreds of thousands of new jobs with the cheap energy that is the lifeblood of tomorrow’s manufacturing.

Win - win for everyone but the communists.

[Grampa Dave]

Hopefully, God will help us.

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Rain Finally Back in the Forecast for California
AccuWeather ^ | February 22, 2014 | By Kristina Pydynowski
by Brad from Tennessee

The second half of the upcoming week will feature soaking rain and mountain snow returning to drought-stricken California.

Confidence is growing for California to receive a substantial amount of rain and mountain snow from two storm systems later next week.

The first system is scheduled to move through California Wednesday through Thursday with the second to follow for Friday through the first part of the next weekend.

The second is likely to be the stronger and wetter of the two systems, bringing a much-needed soaking to many communities (with the deserts being the exception).

If the first storm bypasses or only grazes Southern California, the second will not. It is possible that Downtown Los Angeles receives at least half of the rain that fell in all of 2013 (3.60 inches) from this one storm Friday through next week.

Several inches of rain could soak the northern California coast, while feet of snow may blanket the Sierra. Snow levels could drop low enough to whiten the mountains of Southern California. . .

[cherry]

it will be catastrophic for our farmers and the workers....to hell with this getting produce from other countries...I want American grown fruits and vegetables to choose from...

[Jim Robinson]

Looks like they’re planning on eating imported produce from Mexico.

[oldenuff2no]

for what, a fish?

Be real the liberals don't care about some damn fish. All they are worried about is filling up their swimming pools.

[Steely Tom]

The owners of central valley farms wouldn’t happen to mostly lean toward one political party by any chance, would they?

[Hardastarboard]

Mother Gaia will take care of its children. She will provide organic manna for them.

[NormsRevenge]

I know ..

Lets float some more water bond initiatives and see if they hold water now.

Oh wait.. Dams and reservoirs are evil, they disrupt the naaaatural environment & kill people when they burst,, like we will likely ever see another full one in our lifetimes anyway at this rate and early stage of a long term drought.. all caused by Global warming and cow farts and man.

It takes a spillage
To wreck a village
Yaknow.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Using nuclear power to desalinate seawater AND provide base peak power to the grid makes far too much sense. Open the Yucca Mountain repository and it becomes the greenest of green energy.

Shutting off the farmer's water makes sense too, if you are trying to kill them off.

[Grampa Dave]

If the farmers go bankrupt, what are the Liberals going to eat?

Kangaroo rats, red legged frogs, spotted owls, bald eagles, blue herons, snail darters, illegals er soylent green and of course the Delta Smelt.

Water Supplies Curtailed Once Again to Protect Delta Smelt ... http://www.acwa.com/news/delta/water-supplies-curtailed-once-again-protect-delta-smelt - 40k - Cached - Similar pages Feb 12, 2013 ... Pumping restrictions aimed at protecting Delta smelt have reduced deliveries ...

[NormsRevenge]

How about a nice chat over a lunch of Drake’s Bay oysters and long fin smelt, some pale ale and Nancy Pelosi whine, special reserve..

We know liebrals will riot over almost everything else.

Why the silence now?

[oldbrowser]

The marxists and this administration in particular like to create a problem and then ask the people for more taxes and power to solve the problem. They then centralize the power and steal the money.

A food shortage that they are creating will have people begging for help.
They have control of our finances, our health, our energy, and now our food.

Are the dots starting to connect?

[easternsky]

This comes only a week after that loser waltzed in to town, with Feinstein and boxer. How stupid do they think we are.

[JimRed]

If the farmers go bankrupt, what are the Liberals going to eat?

Each other?

[Qwackertoo]

Guess they get what they voted for.

I hope fruit and produce goes sky high. Nationwide.

Let them see what the Dems are doing to them.

[Grampa Dave]

We haven't been south on 101 to the San Luis O area this year. However, last year, we noticed after several trips, there were no bans on irrigation up and down 101.

My wife asked why south of Sacramento on 99 or I5 the land looked like a desert.

My answer was, the counties down 101 are blue counties and apparently get all of the water they need and don't have worry about a red legged frog or a delta smelt, unlike the farmers/ranchers in the dry Red Counties.

cui bono? is Latin for "who benefits?" It is the single most important question to ask when evaluating any (usually political or criminal) 'maneouver'.

The: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"—"Who watches the watchmen?" In this case, the Bureau of Reclamation which controls the water in the State of California.