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  • From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] farmers selling water
  • Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:06:20 -0800

It was food being grown for fuel and now the farmers want to see their water.

Just read this...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080125/D8UD540G1.html

>>FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - With water becoming increasingly precious in California, a rising number of farmers figure they can make more money by selling their water than by actually growing something.

"It just makes dollars and sense right now," said Bruce Rolen, a third-generation farmer who grows rice, wheat and other crops in Northern California's lush Sacramento Valley.
Instead of sowing in April, Rolen plans to let 100 of his 250 acres of white rice lie fallow and sell his irrigation water on the open market, where it could fetch up to three times the normal price.<<



Rob
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