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LISSIE, Texas (AP) — Five generations of Ronald Gertson's family have tilled the claylike soil of southeast Texas to grow rice, confident that no matter how fickle Mother Nature was, there would be one constant: water to irrigate their crop.
Until now.
Texas Rice Farms Likely To Not Receive Water Due To Drought
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:48 AM EST
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The three counties unlikely to receive irrigation water — Wharton, Colorado and Matagorda — are some of the poorest in the state, with poverty levels above the national average. Typically, they account for 35 to 45 percent of the 160,000 to 200,000 acres normally dedicated to rice farming in Texas.
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#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:49 AM EST"This is the very first time this has happened," Gertson said. "Rice irrigation was here before LCRA ever existed."
Get used to it. It will only become more frequent.
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#2 - Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:12 PM ESTPeople are not going to be happy when Uncle Ben rice prices go up.. lol
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