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“If we have a winter like we had last winter, all bets are off.”
George Tibbitts has been growing rice on his farm near Arbuckle, Calif., since 1993. He was interviewed aboard his combine as he harvested this year's crop.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
“As our neighbors were having to cull cows at 50 percent... we were achieving 95 percent conception.”
Tom Orvis is the fifth generation of a cattle family in Stanislaus and Calaveras Counties.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
“Instead of thinking climate change is something that’s going to happen in the future, it’s right here…the future is no longer predictable.”
Pelayo Alvarez is the Conservation Program Director for the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition. He works closely with farmers, ranchers and other land managers.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
“When you do good things to the land, the land responds.”
Pelayo Alvarez is the Conservation Program Director for the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition. He works closely with farmers, ranchers and other land managers.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
"We hope there won't be another one like this in our lifetime, but I'm sure there will be."
Dean Hunt comes from a longtime ranching family in Humboldt County and is active in water quality and water rights issues.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
"I have seen the wells drop off significantly...and it's only going to get worse." Kevin Lehar manages a family-owned farm in Fresno County.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
A few excerpts from earlier interviews describe conditions back in winter.
The first voice is Tom Crocker, followed by Fred Chamberlin, Bud Sloan and Dan Macon.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis’ ‘Voices from the Drought.’ The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
"I had to spend well over a million dollars this year just drilling wells to sustain the crops that we have, mainly permanent crops. And we can't afford to file just because the investment and Money we owe back to the bank on an investment we made, and so something we didn't want to do, but something we were forced to do."
Kern County Farmer Greg Wegis and his family and partners have farmed a variety of crops in the San Joaquin Valley for more than 100 years.
Audio, Transcript and Photos from a collaboration with UC Davis' 'Voices from the Drought.' The Facebook and SoundCloud project focuses on farmers and ranchers.
