Water issues, struggling dairies cloud California agriculture
― The Western dairy industry is headed into another down year in what has become a series of three-year cycles of economic pinnacles and troughs. The availability and cost of water to irrigate crops and the economic health of the dairy industry have direct impacts across California agriculture. Without adequate storage to capture excess moisture in years like 2011, water deliveries have fallen dramatically this year compared to last. ∙ read more .
