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Irrigators, lenders say uncertainty worsens woes

Posted by: Maven on March 5, 2010 at 8:41 am

From the Capital Press:

“While the U.S. Department of Interior scrambles to augment California water deliveries, irrigators and farm lenders say the efforts won’t improve this year’s circumstances for farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Federal project deliveries from the Delta to irrigators on the San Joaquin Valley’s westside are likely to rise higher than the 5 percent floor announced by the Interior Department on Feb. 26.

But the minimal guarantee is all farmers can bank on, said Sarah Woolf, spokeswoman for Westlands Water District, which encompasses a large proportion of growers on the westside, where cutbacks caused by drought and species protections have put farmers in desperate straits. … “

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March 5, 2010 · Filed Under Agriculture

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