What Will Become of Fallowed Valley Farmland?
Not all farmland in the San Joaquin Valley will survive in a post-SGMA world. Estimates are that the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act will force between 500,000 and 1 million acres of farmland out of production to save groundwater. Which lands and what will become of those lands are major question marks.
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