On Monday, the USDA published the year's first data on which crops farmers have planted this year, which allows us to assess the effects of the ongoing drought on California crop acres. The data contain two pieces of information that indicate how the drought is affecting land use. First, farmers report prevented-planting acres, which is land they had intended to plant a crop but were prevented from doing so by a natural disaster,
Big Drop in California Rice Acres
Big Drop in California Rice Acres
Big Drop in California Rice Acres
On Monday, the USDA published the year's first data on which crops farmers have planted this year, which allows us to assess the effects of the ongoing drought on California crop acres. The data contain two pieces of information that indicate how the drought is affecting land use. First, farmers report prevented-planting acres, which is land they had intended to plant a crop but were prevented from doing so by a natural disaster,