[lucysmom]

Do you know in California farmers need to file a form if they even intend to irrigate their land?

They don't if they have their own wells. Did you know that the system of dams and canals that deliver water to farms were built by the state and federal government to promote farming where natural conditions would make farming difficult?

Water rights are a big issue in areas where natural rainfall does not occur at the right time to support farming. Perhaps you think each farmer should work it out for himself? If each farmer worked it out for himself, then perhaps fewer farms would exist. That would be the free market too.

Why don't Americans demand a truly level playing field in trade, instead of allowing the third world to have the competitive advantage through trade agreements?

You don't want a level playing field, you want one that constructed to your advantage. There is no free lunch. You like the government handouts and rail against the rules that come with it.

[hedgetrimmer]

They don't if they have their own wells.

Thats the first misunderstanding you have about the situation. Every farmer in California must file these plans or request a waiver to file one later.

Did you know that the system of dams and canals that deliver water to farms were built by the state and federal government to promote farming where natural conditions would make farming difficult?

Second complete misunderstanding. I can name you numerous water systems that were built by farmers for agriculture.

Your views appear to be those of the globalist environmentalists who want all modern agriculture to cease. You can see your views reflected in the United Nations "Global Biodiversity Assessment", where modern agriculture and irrigation are declared "unsustainable". Because the federal government has been corrupted by people with these views, you see the attacks on our agcricultural system coming from our government themselves, hence the costly bureaucratic "Intent to Irrigate" plans.

You like the government handouts and rail against the rules that come with it

I suggest you retract this statement because you are accusing me of something I've never said. In the name of fair play, you should not make false accusations against people.