Associated Press: 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,......
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Drought: Feds cut water to Central Valley farmers to zero
Posted by Associated Press: Kurtis Alexander on February 22nd, 2014
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