Water for Farms – a briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

CDFA, Office of Public Affairs

California’s farms face growing water management challenges

California is an agricultural powerhouse—the nation’s largest farm state and a world market leader, with 2012 sales of $48 billion (Note – the California Agricultural Statistics Service reports $46.4 billion in farm receipts in 2013). California’s dry summers make irrigation essential.

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