Posted on 06/06/2022 10:48:51 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
As a former rice farmer in northern California, I can testify to the stupidity and insanity of environmentalists who favor obscure fish over humans. Water to farmers is now below growing levels and will cause devastation to the 2022 rice industry, taking down farmers as well as all related industries. The fact that the world is facing a major food shortage means nothing to these environmental zealots. ⁃ TN Editor
Colusa County in Northern California is the top producer of rice in the Sacramento Valley. Colusa County historically produces more than 150,000 acres of rice in a normal year. But in 2022, Colusa officials say they will only be able to produce a fraction of their usual rice crop, costing rice farmers, workers and suppliers hundreds of millions of dollars.
“In April 2022, the water districts serving Colusa County were given their final allocation for the 2022 growing season – 0.4-acre feet per acre,” Colusa County officials said in a statement. “This allocation is not enough to support rice production, and estimates show that the Sacramento Valley will fallow 370,000 of 450,000 acres in the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors service area, primarily in Colusa and Glenn Counties. Currently, less than 7,000 acres are estimated to be planted in Colusa County, resulting in a direct financial loss to growers in excess of $270 million.”
The first 50% of California’s water flows out to the Pacific Ocean for fish and environmental purposes – something the Public Policy Institute of California verified in 2019: “Water in California is shared across three main sectors. Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban...”
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They do it in Arkansas but the intensive rice agriculture has damaged their aquifers as they have done so in California as well. Intensive monoculture is harmful. Decentralized farming would help small farmers and be more environmentally friendly. Things would cost a bit more but with fewer harmful externalities monus big agricture..
That’s what happens when you farm in arid climates and depend on .gov for water supply.
After Nixing 50-Million-Gallon-A-Day Desalination Plant, California Demands Residents Use Less Water (5.30.22)
Agency unanimously rejects California desalination project (5.13.22)
Trump's red tsunami of patriot supporters in all states need to rescue California from its renegade government by electing Trump-endorsed federal leaders in 2022 that will make sure Californians get their constitutionally guaranteed republican form of government.
"Article IV, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government [emphases added], and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
Insights welcome.
Environmentalsm is just a cover story for psychotic murderers.
Solution:
1. Find out where the water is being diverted.
2. destroy or create dam (and/or water bypass) as necessary to divert water to needed destination(s).
3. get crops planted and or use water as needed until attempts to reverse process are done.
4. Rinse, repeat.
Sound crazy? It’s worked before. See: Klamath Falls c.2001
just my $0.02
jimjohn - OUT.
(P.S., Oh - do you really think calling a congress critter or state rep is going to do any good? See tagline.)
So you don’t know anything about farming. You just know everything.
Check.
Save the fish, starve the people.
Brilliant.
5.56mm
We are probably beyond the “saving fish” argument at this point...the DROUGHT that is going on in DESERT regions of the western US seems to be close to making water for every day living for people that located to a DESERT region a thing of the past.
Easier than burning down food processing plants... those liberal... so much smarter than the rest of us.
Did they ‘save’ the snail darters too?
Water is abundant in CA also, its just that most of it is allowed to run off. How would Louisiana farmers react if radical lefties took power and allowed >50% of the water to return to the ocean?
“As a former rice farmer in northern California”
Why the PHOOK would anybody grow RICE in northern California?
It grows like weeds in many states in the south where water is plentiful. YEah, yeah special varieties , enviro yadda yadda . . .
Without your TAX PAYER PAID water infrastructure & subsidy you’d be out of business.
Grow Sinsemilla, like all your sensible neighbors.
It’s not exactly Northern California. It’s the Sacramento Delta, one of America’s great rice growing areas.
Never been to Northern California have you, it’s far from arid,the sac River flows a long way north almost to oregon
“This thread needs you to defend the fish.”
Happily.
But it’s not just fish. It’s an extended riparian habitat throughout the Big Valley. And it’s being destroyed.
Principally by too much agriculture.
If you folks want almonds, or rice or peaches or walnuts and find the price too high because we allocate 50% of our water to flowing rivers, then plant it yourself.
California has too much ag. It’s not sustainable.
Deal with it, because on this issue the left and MOST of the right in CA is united.
Remember the Klamath Falls 🐂💩 a few years back?
“Water is abundant in CA also, its just that most of it is allowed to run off.”
You don’t know wtf you are talking about.
Or are deliberately lying.
Most of those farmers are not Dems.
I really think that they are afraid of us (power in numbers) and that is one reason they want guns taken away from us.
Well it used to be back when.
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