Fortune on Nostr: California farmers are signing up in droves to get paid to give up their water rights ...

California farmers are signing up in droves to get paid to give up their water rights for 2 months because their summer crop prices are so low



The Imperial Irrigation District has offered to pay farmers to shut off irrigation to forage crops including alfalfa for up to 60 days during the peak of the sweltering summer.

https://fortune.com/2024/07/25/california-farmers-paid-give-up-water-rights-2-months-alfalfa-prices-so-low/