Drought

Three years of severe drought and an unprecedented season caused widespread impacts on the businesses, communities and wildlife uniquely connected to California rice.

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Statements

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Small Businesses Suffer

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Not Whole Until Harvest

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"This year is extremely important"

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Challenges Continue

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12 Month Impact

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For the Future

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Bright Spot

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Lessons Learned from Drought: Planted Rice Benefits Many

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Lessons Learned from Drought: The Harvest That Never Was

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Lessons Learned from Drought: “How am I Going to Support My Family?”

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Lessons Learned from Drought: “It was a Very Rough Season for Us”

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Lessons Learned from Drought: Fortunate

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Lessons Learned from Drought: “This keeps everybody employed”

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Lessons Learned from Drought: “It’s going to be tough”

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Lessons Learned from Drought: Flying & Family

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Quiet: The Pacific Flyway

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Quiet: Rice Workforce & Community Connection

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Quiet: The Farm

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Saving Salmon in California

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Ricelands are the ‘Lifeblood' of Pacific Flyway

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The Key for Fish

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Ag Means Everything to this Town

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Everything is Impacted

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Ghost Town

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“I’ve never seen anything like this"

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Lucky to have Rice

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Extinct Without Rice

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Substantial Ramifications

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“We haven’t seen the worst of it"

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"It impacts us every day"

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Support Services Will Suffer

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The Ripple Effect

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Pacific Flyway Perspective

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Ricelands are Essential to our Environment

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Facts

40% of Water Used to Grow Rice is Recycled

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Water Efficient & Environmentally Friendly

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California Rice Benefits Many

California Rice: Uniquely Connected

Drought, Rice, and Wildlife Habitat Loss

Rice Recycles Water

California Rice is Water Efficient

Water Use Comparison

Water Use in California

Twice the Benefits

In the News

CNN Business: California’s heavy rains deliver hope of a lifeline for one devastated industry – rice

FOX Business: California’s drought disaster is turning into an economic disaster: ‘It’s unprecedented’

FOX 40: Shrinking wetlands have an impact on migratory birds in the Sacramento Valley, biologists say

USA TODAY: Weird weather hit cattle ranchers and citrus growers in 2022. Why it likely will get worse.

LA TIMES: ‘It’s a disaster.’ Drought dramatically shrinking California farmland, costing $1.7 billion

WALL STREET JOURNAL: In California Drought the Latest Victims are Rice Farms

AGALERT: Drought Impacts Hurt Farm Communities

AGRI-PULSE: Drought is crippling rural communities and wildlife, but aid is on the way

KPIX: 'Parched: California’s Climate Crisis'

Podcasts

A Year Like No Other

A third straight year of drought has caused a significant shift for businesses throughout the Sacramento Valley, with rice mills, dryers, ag pilots, supply companies, truckers and even local restaurants being impacted

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Unprecedented

The ripple effects from the drought are widespread, especially in rural agricultural communities. Hear the biggest threats our allied businesses face and what could be done for the future.

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How California can secure a more stable Water Future

For all of the high-tech advancements California is famous for, one part of the state’s infrastructure – providing enough water for its environment, cities and farms – is lacking.

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Blogs

How Water Managers Deal with Dry Years

From limited surface water supplies, to new technology for growers and what’s necessary during a drought. RD 108 General Manager Lewis Bair gives his perspective