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As Drought Worsens, Rice Farmers Can Make Most Money Selling Water to L.A.

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Los Angeles' Metropolitan Water District is offering to buy water from rice farmers in the Sacramento Valley. Rice farmers could make about $2,100 selling the water it takes to grow just one acre of rice -- and that means they could make more money by selling their water than by selling their crops.

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