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farmer joe del bosque's mind is water. >> it is such a big issue that mb don't even know what number two and three are. our trees are dying. >> reporter: to keep his almond trees alive, he's paying seven dmes more for water than he did before the drought. that's why he's left nearly 40% of his land unplanted. >> we are right now operating year to year, and if we don't erve water next year, we stop operating. >> reporter: half of all the nation's fruits, nuts, and vegetables are grown here, but that bounty is on the brink. the drought will cost california's agricultural economy $1.8 billion this year and 10,000 seasonal workers will lose their jobs. more than half a million acres of land have been fallowed. desperate farmers are pumping sallions of gallons of water out of the ground every day. a new report from nasa show that's causing the land to