California Producers Finding Ways To Deal With Drought

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Audio with Mary Holz-Clause, College of Agriculture Dean, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

As California producers continue to deal with the effects of long-term drought; it’s proven to be a mixed bag for farmers. Producers in California remain hopeful things will turn-around soon, and that could come in the form of El Nino later this year providing some releif Mary Holz-Clause is the dean for the Agriculture College at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. She says some farmers are better off than others right now.

California farmers aren’t just battling the drought however, their dealing with a host of misinformation floating in the public.

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She says California farmers are looking at different strategies to cope with the drought situation.

What’s predicted to be a strong El Nino, could provide some relief to California farmers later this year.

She says whether it’s California or elsewhere, adversity forces farmers to look at their strategies differently.

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