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Big risk : California farmers hit by drought change planting plans Reuters 1 hr ago © Reuters/NORMA GALEANA Farmer Del Bosque stands in field in Firebaugh, California By Norma Galeana and Christopher Walljasper FIREBAUGH, Calif. (Reuters) - Joe Del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, unseeded this year due to extreme drought. Yet, he hopes to access enough water to produce a marketable melon crop. Farmers across California say they expect to receive little water from state and federal agencies that regulate the state s reservoirs and canals, leading many to leave fields barren, plant more drought-tolerant crops or seek new income sources all-together.

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