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Young kid joins the Navy and out to sea he goes. A few weeks out he asks his boss what to do for sexual release. Boss takes him down to a room in the belly of the ship. There is a barrel with a hole about waist high. Boss says, "stick yer johnny in that hole and you'll get relief".
Not long and the kids visiting the barrel twice a day. One day, he plugs into the barrel and nothing happens. He runs to his boss and tells him something is wrong with the barrel. Boss laughs and says, "Nothing wrong...it's just your turn in the barrel".
Does the decline in irrigation reduce our ability to produce enough domestic food so much that it becomes a matter of national security? I'm not sure if everyone realizes that the state of California produces over half of the entire country's domestic fresh produce supply. Here's an example of vegetable production by state.......
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Why hasn't California been more worried about this sooner?
A fight I do have a dog in is the Perrmian Basin.
The EPA is posturing to do some real damage to the oil production there.
Like your farm numbers, the Basin accounts for about 40% of the US production.
Show me the money I guess.
Grew up in Santee.
Same story, back in the early 70's.
Don't wash your car, or water your lawn, but the subdivision out by the carlton oaks country club just kept growing.
This has already impacted crops/prices that your getting at your local market. From Almonds to Wine Grapes to Cattle. Once, a long time ago or so it seems, cotton was grown in our central valley. A LOT of high quality cotton; but, no more. Between the "cost of water" and imported crap, cotton went away.
I'm sure that the way the enviros and big city politicians have manipulated this situation is going to be an example of something that will soon invade ALL of our domestic ag. It's on the same page as all that "Green New Deal" crap that they're spewing when we ask about energy or the economy. Yup, over the last few months, EVERY-TIME I hear or see our Sec-Energy speak? She's going off about Joe's Green BS. Same goes for Sec-Def, Sec-Int and...get this...even the Sec-Treasury & other economic advisors...who, if I'm not mistaken...should be trying to FOCUS on the Economy, Inflation and things like the CPI...?
But, no. They're busy going off to the G7 and running their mouths about the VERY SAME GRAIN and other food-stuffs that they COULD BE & SHOULD BE GROWING AT HOME by the Mega-Metric Ton (Btw, it should be G8; but, one of their buddies is busy KILLING PEOPLE in The Ukraine).
Imagine if this administration REALLY cared about our domestic ag industry AND the American people enough to "take the gloves off" and make provisions for farmers and ranchers?
Simple things like...
Provide AFFORDABLE Red Diesel/fuel/energy thru an actual LEGITIMATE "subsidy program".
Provide necessary and reasonable water supplies (that's mostly a western states thing).
REGULATE "Factory Farming" that is pushing the little guy out...LITERALLY!!!
(Hey, did Manny ACTUALLY jus' type that? YES! he did!).
Have the USDA/FDA/Labor/Homeland/Treasury-Commerce Depts ACTUALLY DO THEIR F'ING JOBS and ENFORCE Health, Labor, Justice, Trade AND IMMIGRATION laws as they are EMPLOYED TO DO!
If...I say..."IF"...we were truly concerned about The Environment AND "Global Food Supply" ...we could fix soooooo much of it just by being good stewards of our own Ag Industry.
We are SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.
About Immigration: It's time to get back to "worker programs" that allow and provide for workers from Mexico to come to the USA...LEGALLY...and work. I mean...damn...The Congress REALLY SUCKS (Both Houses!).
I see the log jam as being each separate business interest (crop, cattle, hog, poultry, etc) fighting each other over resources, subsidies, legislation. I guess you could throw oil/gas in there too. They're all too self interested to realise that the more ALL facets of American business and industry thrive...the nation becomes stronger and we ALL have better lives.
I don't mind being called naive or even stupid but I still believe in my heart that when/if we have folks with integrity and ethics in elected office...this nation has no bounds or limits. It's a crying shame how we've let partanship, self interest, greed and corruption sully our greatness.
Of course, that's going to be Big Ag.
And small cow/calf operations farms still exist all through North Iowa. It's a drop in the bucket as part of the total supply, but it's still there. Look for 1000 Hills beef.
They are fucked up
The biggest ‘political’ issue in this entire situation is whether or not this becomes a case of the federal government asserting that our water resources belong to our entire nation, or to individual states. That’s going to be a huge ideological battle, but if California’s produce production were to ‘go away’ (or even be reduced by 25-50%) there simply isn’t the ability for the rest of the states to replace that food.
Definitely makes you think that we should be encouraging more farming in other areas around the country that could sustain it. Running out of water for California is going to affect everyone, unfortunately.
Pit Row
You can grow all you want, but if you can't move it or process it, it really doesn't matter.
I ain't that same guy anymore. It actually means something to me that there is a planet for my grandkids to enjoy...or at least survive on.
There ain't shit out there for miles.
Dallas is doing more damage if we're keeping score.
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