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Feds Move to Deny Water to Some Central Valley Farms

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Federal water managers have announced some Central Valley farms won?t get any water this year unless the drought lets up. It's a dramatic move, and it comes just a couple weeks after state water managers warned they won't be sending water to customers. This could mean hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland left fallow and mass unemployment in agricultural regions. We talk with Central Valley bureau chief Sasha Khokha to assess what this means going forward.

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