{"id":346361,"date":"2023-03-27T11:40:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=346361"},"modified":"2023-03-27T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T04:09:36","slug":"california-farmers-lose-billions-as-atmospheric-river-rain-storms-continue-weve-lost-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2023\/03\/california-farmers-lose-billions-as-atmospheric-river-rain-storms-continue-weve-lost-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"California farmers lose BILLIONS as atmospheric river rain storms continue \u2013 \u201cwe\u2019ve lost EVERYTHING\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Ethan Huff, Natural News<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"The dozen-or-so \u201catmospheric rivers,\u201d also known as rain storms, that have hit California this winter so far have provided a much-needed reprieve from the persistent drought conditions that have plagued the state for many years. There is a downside, though: many of the state\u2019s crop farms are now underwater from all this excess moisture, which is creating massive food and finance losses for the Golden State\u2019s farmers.<\/p>\n

TRUTH LIVES on at\u00a0https:\/\/sgtreport.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Many people are unaware of this, but nearly half of all American agriculture is grown in California, generating more than $50 billion a year in revenue. The Midwest primarily grows genetically modified (GMO) corn and soybeans, along with wheat, while California grows most of the country\u2019s fruits, vegetables, nuts, and leafy greens.<\/p>\n

Because these atmospheric river storms have been hitting California one after another after another following many years of mostly dry conditions, a lot of that water is flowing from higher elevations to lower elevations rather than absorbing into oftentimes rock-hard soils. The result is many destroyed farms and farmers who have \u201clost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Related: In the midst of covid, communist China saw\u00a0similar heavy rains<\/a>\u00a0for a period of time that resulted in catastrophic destruction.)<\/p>\n

The Sierra Nevada mountains are packed with record levels of snow that will eventually melt, delivering even more devastation to California farms<\/h2>\n

The worst-affected county right now is Tulare County, which is the second-largest county in the entire United States in terms of food production, generating more than $8 billion annually. One-fourth of that is dairy sales, while the rest is citrus and nuts.<\/p>\n

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Kern County, located just to the south of Tulare County, is the nation\u2019s number-one producer of agriculture, with Fresno County, located just to the north of Tulare County, being third in terms of food production.<\/p>\n

All three of these counties are being devastated by all this rain, as is Monterey County, located on the Central Coast of California, which is the nation\u2019s fourth-largest food-producing county. Like the others, Monterey is experiencing devastating flooding, wiping out most of its vegetable and strawberry farms.<\/p>\n

Brian Shilhavy, the editor of\u00a0Health Impact News<\/i>, put together a video with testimony from friends and family members he knows who live in these areas. Be sure to watch that video below to see for yourself their first-hand experiences with all that rain:<\/p>\n