- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: September 10, 2014

A rice field in Colusa County.
California's unrelenting drought is causing some farmers to consider pulling out of the food production business, reported Mark Korba on CNBC.
Bruce Lindquist, UCCE specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis, told the reporter that some farmers have decided to sell their water instead of trying to grow a crop. In fact, water is at such a premium, it is impacting the sale of farmland in California.
"It used to be location, location, location when it came to sales, but now it's water, water, water," said a real estate agent interviewed for the story.
The story included an interview with Northern...
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