{"id":5467,"date":"2014-05-20T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2014-05-20T11:00:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:00:55","slug":"california-drought-worsens-as-rainy-season-ends-growers-fret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/california-drought-worsens-as-rainy-season-ends-growers-fret\/","title":{"rendered":"California Drought Worsens as Rainy Season Ends, Growers Fret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s reservoirs obviously will not be significantly replenished by a melting snowpack this spring and summer,\u201d concluded the year-end snow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.water.ca.gov\/news\/newsreleases\/2014\/050114.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">survey <\/a>by the California Department of Water Resources.<\/p>\n<p>The mountain snowpack is critical to the state\u2019s water needs and provides roughly one-third of the water for California\u2019s farms and cities. \u201cToday\u2019s final snow survey of the year found more bare ground than snow as California faces another long, hot summer after a near-record dry winter,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The May 1 survey found the state\u2019s snowpack at a mere 18 percent of average for the date. \u201cWith most of the wet season behind us, it is highly unlikely late-season storms will significantly dampen the effects of the three-year drought on parched farms or communities\u2026\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to the May 13, 2014 U.S. Drought <a href=\"http:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monitor <\/a>the entire state of California is experiencing severe drought conditions. More than three-quarters of the state is suffering a state of \u201cextreme drought,\u201d a seventeen percent increase from three months earlier this year, with nearly 25 percent of the state experiencing \u201cexceptional\u201d drought, a fifteen percent increase from three months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing drought is hitting the state\u2019s farmers and growers hard. California is the nation\u2019s top agricultural state, with farming generating approximately $37.5 billion a year, growing roughly half of the nation\u2019s fruits, nuts and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>California farmers purchased more than 25,000 crop insurance policies in 2013, protecting more than 5 million acres. Those policies protect crops ranging from almonds, apples and avacadoes to sugarbeets, Valenicia oranges and walnuts. 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