That is what this is.

+

I think there's some rain/snow storms coming but it probably won't do much at this point. I hope it helps though!

The last big storm took parts of the state from 10% of normal to 30% of normal. They say we have two water heavy storms coming in this week, and if they can take us even to 50% the implications would be huge. Every drop helps, but lots of drops help more.

to make one of milk, but other sources say it's as much as twice that. Probably depends a bit on local conditions for growing feed, etc.

Standard allotment in normal years is 42 inches per acre. This year it will be 18. That's a hell of a lot better than the federally dependent farmers further south who are getting zero inches, but it's still pretty abysmal. The good news for the nut growers is that it's enough to keep the trees and vineyards alive. It's BARELY enough to grow tomatoes and other low crops. The corn and alfalfa farmers are going to be in a lot of trouble though. They'll probably have to augment with pumped groundwater, but that's a hell of a lot more expensive and is going to drive their crop prices sky high.

buying it. I've lived in California most of my life, and spent several years near the agricultural industry up north. Water has been an issue for most of my life. I don't think California farmers are that wasteful. One grape 0.3 gallons of water. I bought a house where the previous owners had grapevines which produced grapes. This was a residence not a farm and the grapes were more ornamental. Those grapes practically grew themselves and the vines were almost impossible to get rid of. I had a lawn which we watered but never purposely watered the grapevines which every year would return on their own to cover our patio like a trellis since I found them to be a nuisance.

Ironically, many of the foods sourced from California year round were once raised at many other locations. For example, Birds-Eye used to have a freezer plant in my town that took in truck load after truck load of green beans during harvest season. Those farms have been out of the bean business for 10 years now. They won't be going back into beans unless they see a long term market trend. There are many small farms raising apples, cherries, strawberries, peaches and blueberries, but I think most of the crop is sold locally during the season.

I will say this - I eat local strawberries almost every day in June but won't touch a berry from California. The local berries taste fantastic, but they are picked at full ripeness, and only keep a few days at best.

all you want WHEN every single grass blade in this state is gone. Until then . . . meh!

so few people have any idea how much water it takes to grow all food using the methods we do.

Drive up the 99 in the summer and you will see mile after mile after mile of sprinklers throwing water into the air. Everywhere you go you will see the same problems with agriculture in California, basically it's a refusal to invest in the future while demanding ever-increasing profits be extracted from the state's natural resources.