How did the California drought affect agriculture?

California's drought is costing farmers an estimated $603 million this year, although the impact is far less than a year ago, according to researchers at UC ... read more

That is the conclusion of the new study, Impacts of California’s Ongoing Drought: Agriculture, released today by the Pacific Institute, an independent global water think tank. This new study is the first comprehensive analysis of the actual impacts of the drought on California agricultural revenue and employment through 2014 – the last year for which data are available. read more

The state likely will lose 17,100 agricultural jobs because of the drought. California moves vast quantities of water around the state, but some of it just isn’t available this year. The Central Valley Project usually sends water from the northern half of the state to the dry San Joaquin Valley. read more