Source: Tom Wood, AGRIBUSINESS GLOBAL, Sept. 2021

With the worsening drought across the plains and western U.S., California regulators were planning to vote on an 'emergency curtailment’ order in August that would stop thousands of farmers from taking water out of the state’s major rivers and streams. Combined with the fact that water is being pulled out of the Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer, one of the world’s largest groundwater resources, faster than rain and snow can recharge it, there is a massive storm brewing for farmers. Simply put, the current situation regarding water availability has become untenable.

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