Growing Rice in State Doesn’t Make Sense
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Re: “California Rice Farmers Harvest Crop of Losses,” Dec. 4:
So let me get this straight. Rice farmers in California lose money growing rice, rice crops use a lot of water -- that California doesn’t have -- farmers get a great deal on the purchase of water, and the Feds subsidize the farmers so they don’t lose as much money growing a labor intensive, thirsty crop.
Simple question: Why do we grow rice in California?
Charleen Siegler
Port Hueneme
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