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it s limiting the amount of ground that we can farm. it s limiting the amount of the intensity that we can farm. reporter: he has no choice but to pump lower quality groundwater into his fields, and he s not how long that will last. it limits the amount of crops he can grow and, he tells us, that reduces our choices at the grocery store. economists tell us less supply pushes prices even higher. more pain on top of sky-high inflation. the drought leaves fields fallow. and scientists say fuels historic infernos. climate science connects deepenin deepening droughts to longer, more serious fire seasons. reporter: federal officials tell us the nightmare is already here. up to three-quarters of northern california s farming fields could stay fallow, growing nothing in summer. ....