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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well, in that case I think we have a pretty good case to stop shipping water 
south AND to end the water subsidies they receive to get their irrigation 
water!!!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob" <becida AT comcast.net>


> 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
> becida AT comcast.net
>
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