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Drought takes $2.7 billion toll California agriculture
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The record-breaking drought in California brought about by a severe lack of precipitation, especially mountain snows has exacted a $2.7 billion toll on the states economy because of agricultural losses, researchers said Tuesday. During a briefing for the California Department of Food & Agriculture, scientists from the University of California, Davis, told officials that based on their preliminary research and modeling, the drought is resulting in a harder economic pinch this year than it was...
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