karen ross/secretaria de alimentos y agricultura de california :14:23 we had 340 million dollars in revenuetaria de agricultura de california, dice que la sequa del 2009 caus 340 millones de dlares en prdidas al sector, y cerca de 10 mil personas se quedaron si trabajo. expertos anticipan que los agricultures con derechos de agua de segunda prioridad sern los ms impactados. s.o.t. edwin maurer, phd/experto en recursos hídricos 44:38:26 van a tener que bombear agua subterranea, o comprar agua de otra fuente, y ambas opciones van a costar más y por eso sus productos pueden costar más. mi pueblo dice que hasta ahora no han tenido que incrementar sus precios, pero que eso podra cambiar. este fin de semana empezarn una campaÑa de conscientizacin entre la comunidad hispana para promover la conservacin de agua.. cu - peluffo outro el gobierno federal tambin declar a varios condados en california zona de desastre debido a la sequia, lo cual facilita prstamos de bajo inters para agricultores. este es mi informe, regreso con ustedes.. cesar gracias jaime... temperaturas bastante inusuales para esta t

and joining us now from california is the state's secretary of food and agriculture, karen ross. thank you for joining us. so how bad is the situation from where you sit? >> well, it is very serious. and we know that the statistics are telling us that it is at least as serious as 1977 which at that time was the most severe drought on record. as of today according to the u.s. drought monitor, about 62% of california is under extreme drought conditions. >> brown: so give us a sense more specifically in your area, in agriculture, what kind of impact are you seeing? >> well, we can't grow food and farm crops without water. and about 65% of our crop land is irrigated. so it is very serious. it is not just isolated to one part of the state. as i said earlier, we have a number of our counties it that are under extreme drought conditions and what is teens is that we are already seeing farmers choose to fallow land that normally at this time of the year they would be preparing for springtime crop or summer crop. every drop that they do have will be diverted to the perm innocent crops, tha

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