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Cost-cutting program drying up on farmers in Rancho California Water District

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 16, 2008 at 6:26 am

From Riverside’s Press-Enterprise:

Farmers served by the Rancho California Water District will pay more for water. It’s just a question of when.

A program that allowed farmers to get cheaper water in exchange for agreeing to cutbacks in supplies in drier times could be phased out by 2013. That means farmers used to getting discounted water for crops will pay the same as the district’s household and industrial customers.

That, combined with higher fuel and fertilizer costs and cheaper foreign goods, is the last thing local farmers need, said Ben Drake, a district board member who runs a farm management company. “I may not be able to farm in the next eight to 10 years,” said Drake, who has been in the Temecula Valley since the 1970s. “None of my clients are spending any extra money on anything.”

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November 16, 2008 · Filed Under Agriculture

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