Drought-stricken US warned of looming ‘dead pool’
Tens of thousands of acres of farmland lie idle because farmers can’t get enough water to grow crops. …
The impact may be seen on grocery store shelves next year, Bill Diedrich, a Californian farmer, told BBC. This season’s produce shows up at shops next season, he explained as he showed his bone-dry fallowed fields. Typically, he would plant tomatoes for canning on this field but he didn’t have enough water.
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