And is the only state with no drought right now. Although they way they figure it is a bit biased -- it's based on how much water there is compared to historical values, so it's easier to be "drought free" if you've been in a drought for a while.

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Loughla 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah hey but for real. The news is focused on California droughts all the time, but my part of flyover country is very, very dry. Like ponds that have never been empty are dry, sort of thing. It's getting bad. . . And we grow all your food.

Between this and all the political nonsense that's happening right now, I feel like a passenger that's noticed the car is out of control while the driver is still opening his beer.

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jedberg 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

California actually produced the most food of any state. :). But I know what you mean, the water is just as critical in the middle of the country as it is on the edges. Water is critical everywhere, and this problem is just going to get worse and worse.

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NeutralCrane 5 hours ago | parent [-]

California leads in the value of goods sold, because it produces a lot of relatively expensive agricultural products like almonds, avocados, tomatoes, etc. Additionally, it’s a larger state, so it naturally will inflate the totals. If you look at food staples, and at the amount produced by square mile, the Midwest is definitely the main food producer of the US.

	▲	dcrazy an hour ago \| parent [-]
		A 1 square mile state that produced nothing but wheat would beat any other state in terms of “amount of staples produced per square mile,” but it wouldn’t be able to sustain a population. That’s not a useful metric.

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rootusrootus 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> And we grow all your food

Well, not all of it, California leads IIRC.

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philk10 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yeh, my natural pond in Michigan has lost about 15 feet, the snow we're getting now won't be enough to regain it

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s5300 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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