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1.7. >> wow. >> we've saved a lot. guess what? we increased our yield by over 30%. >> so you've -- what you've done using drip irrigation is reduced water consumption by 40%, increased yield by 30%? >> yes. >> there's nothing left to squeeze out, right? you're operating at peak efficiency. >> we are. i mean, this field, 53 acres, has drip irrigation in it. i got a $50,000 investment here, and i have no water to put in the drip system. >> there has been an absolute boom in all this. >> yes. >> what does that look like in the central valley? how can you tell the almonds are booming? >> the price...

We can meter how much water we want there. >> it used to be you just poured the water on to the field? >> yes, basically. >> seems wasteful. >> it was wasteful. on cantaloupes, where we used to use -- and we were trying to be efficient. we didn't wastewater -- we were using 2.25, 2.3 feet per acre. with the drip, we use 1.5 to 1.7. >> wow. >> we've saved a lot. guess what? we increased our yield by over 30%. >> so you've -- what you've done using drip irrigation is reduced water consumption by 40%, increased yield by 30%? >> yes. >> there's nothing left to squeeze out, right? you're operating ...

Water or allocations from previous years. almond trees must be watered or the loss unrecoverable. he also uses a very expensive yet efficient drip system on the crops he is growing. still, he expects to cut his hiring this year by a third. still, it can get worse if the drought goes on, what is tough this year will become devastating. now, here is the concern for farmers here. is that the water allocation set for zero is this coming year. they will have to make all of their choices about what they plant in the next 12 months based on that zero allocation if they don't get major, major rain in ...