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How California Wildfires Hurt Farmers

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics

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In 2017, California's record wildfire season devastated farmers and ranchers, hitting them with a bill of over $170 million. 

SOURCES:
[i] VCstar.com. Ventura County agriculture suffers over $170 million in damages from Thomas Fire. Jan. 23rd. 2018. https://www.vcstar.com/story/money/business/2018/01/23/over-170-million-damage-sustained-ventura-countys-agricultural-industry-thomas-fire-according-data-p/1055678001/
[ii] UCANR.edu.  Estimates of Agricultural Damage from Thomas Fire.  Jan 4 2018. http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=26006
[iii] CDN.Ventura.org. Drought Assessment Letter. Jan. 5th 2018.  https://cdn.ventura.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Drought_Assessment_Letter.pdf
[iv] Ibid.
[v] CDN.Ventura.org. CALIFORNIA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER DISASTER REPORT. https://cdn.ventura.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ventura_County_Damage_Disaster_Report.pdf
[vi] Ibid.
[v] Ibid.
[vi] Ibid.
[vii] Ibid.
[viii] Ibid.
[ix]   Climate Central.  Western Wildfires: A Fiery Future.  Jun 2016.  http://assets.climatecentral.org/pdfs/westernwildfires2016v2.pdf
[x] agweb.com. Billion Dollar Disasters Hammered Farm Country Last Year. Jan. 9th. 2018.  https://www.agweb.com/article/billion-dollar-disasters-hammered-farm-country-last-year/

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