Too bad that after such a long drought, the heavy rains this past winter damaged some crops and is now delaying the planting of other crops.
Tara Duggan is the one who often reports on food, and two days ago (Wednesday, March 22, 2017) she reported that the continued rain is already causing nationwide produce gaps and high prices for products like lettuce, greens, strawberries, broccoli and cauliflower.
Apparently in March the production shifts from Arizona dnd Coachella and Mexxico to salinas Valley, at least for some items.
At Happy Boy Farms, flooding wiped out crops, carried away small equipment and destroyed a tractor and motors that run pumps for its wells in two fields.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/California-s-vegetable-farms-still-digging-out-11017533.php
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