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Last year’s drought cost ag industry more than $1 billion, thousands of jobs, new analysis shows
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Crops most affected by increased fallowing due to drought include rice, cotton, and grain and field crops (Photo contributed).
The 2021 drought directly cost the California agriculture sector about $1.1 billion and nearly 8,750 full- and part-time jobs, according to estimates in a new analysis led by UC Merced researchers.
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