the news count come soon enough for farmer paul van leer who has been struggling to feed his cattle on his farm just outside of santa barbara. >> if we don't get rain we'll nobody dire straits. we're faced with no feed and cows that need feed. >> reporter: california's agriculture industry is worst $40 billion. it produces a large percentage of the fresh fruits and vegetables consumed by americans. officials say the future of the industry is threatened by the catastrophic condition. >> reservoir that depend on snow melt and rainfall are at historically low levels including this one in santa barbara county which is only at 40% of its full capacity. >> it creates a lot more flexibility for us to manage the--what water resource we have in our voice. >> inevitablreservoirs. >> normally fires like this one are not a threat to homeowners in the winter, but not with the high winds and high pressure front. >> that's the culprit. that has been blocking all the storms from moving through and bringing rain into california. until that moves to the east, we're stuck in the same pattern. >> reporter

the news couldn't come soon enough for farmer paul van leer who has been struggle to go feed his cattle just outside santa barbara, california. >> we're faced with no feed and cows that need feed. >> reporter: california produces a large portion of the fruits and vegetables consumed by americans. reservoirs in california that depend on snow melt and rainfall are at historically low levels including this one in santa barbara county which is at 40% of its full capacity. >> it creates a lot more flexibility for us to manage what water resource we have left in our reservoirs, and how much might be available at the end of the rainfall year. >> reporter: inevitably brushfires have capitalized on conditions. normally brushfires are not a threat to homeowners in the winter. >> but not with high wind and a high pressure front. >> that's the culprit. until that dissipates and moves off to the east we're stuck in the same pattern. >> reporter: and that pattern is expected to continue until the end of the month, but the declaration of a drought will buy him more time for his i did. >> it's devastat