California feels drought's bite

Colin Bettles
Updated December 16 2015 - 5:15pm, first published May 5 2014 - 4:00am
California, the US’s biggest agricultural-production State is enduring its third consecutive drought year.
California, the US’s biggest agricultural-production State is enduring its third consecutive drought year.

CALIFORNIA is suffering one of its worst ever droughts and if it continues, social and economic dislocation is set to increase for rural communities.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

National political writer

National political writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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