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[00:00.000] From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.120] this is the Agriculture Report.
[00:05.420] The western United States
[00:08.470] is suffering from a severe lack of rain,
[00:11.750] this extreme dry weather condition is called a drought.
[00:16.760] The dry area includes the large state of California.
[00:21.850] Many of the fruits and vegetables
[00:25.210] eaten in the United States are grown there.
[00:28.250] Andy Domenigoni is a farmer in Riverside, California.
[00:33.840] His father, grandfather and great grandfather
[00:38.860] all farmed in the same area.
[00:41.520] He says farmers have good and bad years,
[00:45.350] and this year is one of the bad ones.
[00:49.100] "I have some fields that we planted almost a month ago
[00:52.740] that are still not out of the ground,” Domenigoni said.
[00:54.330] He says it usually takes five to seven days
[00:58.180] for the wheat to begin growing,
[01:00.980] but not this year. He shows us a brown field.
[01:05.360] "And you can see behind me,
[01:07.560] this field was planted two weeks ago
[01:10.490] and it is just bone dry.
[01:13.180] The seed is not in any moisture.
[01:15.530] It can’t sprout.
[01:16.730] We got to wait for the rain," Domenigoni said.
[01:18.330] Mr Domenigoni is not the only person waiting for rain.
[01:22.670] Bill Patzert is climatologist of NASA
[01:27.020] - the American Space Agency.
[01:29.160] He says drought conditions in the American West and Southwest
[01:34.340] have been getting worse for the past ten years.
[01:38.330] "Ranchers in the West are selling off their livestock.
[01:41.790] Farmers all over the Southwest, from Texas to Oregon,
[01:47.020] are fallowing in their fields because of a lack of water.
[01:50.320] So for farmers and ranchers,
[01:52.830] this is a very painful drought," Patzert said.
[01:54.910] Mr Patzert says Southern California
[01:57.910] is dealing with the worst drought
[02:00.400] since officials begin keeping records more than 135 years ago.
[02:07.270] Milt McGiffen is a field crop expert at the University of California.
[02:13.660] He says the drought in his state is going to affect
[02:17.850] many people for many years to come.
[02:21.480] "The short-term impact is going to be higher food prices.
[02:24.810] The longer-term impact is going to be you’re just
[02:28.850] not going to have as much production in the country.
[02:30.890] It’s part of an overall trend in the next 50 years," said Milt McGiffen.
[02:33.530] He says as the population increases,
[02:37.220] the amount of water for each person is decreasing.
[02:41.250] And he says that can not continue.
[02:44.990] He says a technology solution is urgently needed.
[02:49.440] Bill Patzert of NASA says what happens on California farms
[02:55.180] affects Americans and people around the world.
[02:59.720] He says the California farms provide food for the United States,
[03:04.700] and export food to the world.
[03:07.990] A United Nations report said world food prices in 2013
[03:13.460] were among the highest ever.
[03:16.180] Food experts say they will not know how much the drought in the western U.S.
[03:22.100] will affect the price of food for 2014 until later this year.
[03:27.390] Experts agree there is no easy for quick answer to the problem of
[03:33.730] making sure farmers have enough water to grow their crops.
[03:38.510] And that's the Agriculture Report.
[00:00.000] From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.120] this is the Agriculture Report.
[00:05.420] The western United States
[00:08.470] is suffering from a severe lack of rain,
[00:11.750] this extreme dry weather condition is called a drought.
[00:16.760] The dry area includes the large state of California.
[00:21.850] Many of the fruits and vegetables
[00:25.210] eaten in the United States are grown there.
[00:28.250] Andy Domenigoni is a farmer in Riverside, California.
[00:33.840] His father, grandfather and great grandfather
[00:38.860] all farmed in the same area.
[00:41.520] He says farmers have good and bad years,
[00:45.350] and this year is one of the bad ones.
[00:49.100] " I have some fields that we planted almost a month ago
[00:52.740] that are still not out of the ground," Domenigoni said.
[00:54.330] He says it usually takes five to seven days
[00:58.180] for the wheat to begin growing,
[01:00.980] but not this year. He shows us a brown field.
[01:05.360] " And you can see behind me,
[01:07.560] this field was planted two weeks ago
[01:10.490] and it is just bone dry.
[01:13.180] The seed is not in any moisture.
[01:15.530] It can' t sprout.
[01:16.730] We got to wait for the rain," Domenigoni said.
[01:18.330] Mr Domenigoni is not the only person waiting for rain.
[01:22.670] Bill Patzert is climatologist of NASA
[01:27.020] the American Space Agency.
[01:29.160] He says drought conditions in the American West and Southwest
[01:34.340] have been getting worse for the past ten years.
[01:38.330] " Ranchers in the West are selling off their livestock.
[01:41.790] Farmers all over the Southwest, from Texas to Oregon,
[01:47.020] are fallowing in their fields because of a lack of water.
[01:50.320] So for farmers and ranchers,
[01:52.830] this is a very painful drought," Patzert said.
[01:54.910] Mr Patzert says Southern California
[01:57.910] is dealing with the worst drought
[02:00.400] since officials begin keeping records more than 135 years ago.
[02:07.270] Milt McGiffen is a field crop expert at the University of California.
[02:13.660] He says the drought in his state is going to affect
[02:17.850] many people for many years to come.
[02:21.480] " The shortterm impact is going to be higher food prices.
[02:24.810] The longerterm impact is going to be you' re just
[02:28.850] not going to have as much production in the country.
[02:30.890] It' s part of an overall trend in the next 50 years," said Milt McGiffen.
[02:33.530] He says as the population increases,
[02:37.220] the amount of water for each person is decreasing.
[02:41.250] And he says that can not continue.
[02:44.990] He says a technology solution is urgently needed.
[02:49.440] Bill Patzert of NASA says what happens on California farms
[02:55.180] affects Americans and people around the world.
[02:59.720] He says the California farms provide food for the United States,
[03:04.700] and export food to the world.
[03:07.990] A United Nations report said world food prices in 2013
[03:13.460] were among the highest ever.
[03:16.180] Food experts say they will not know how much the drought in the western U. S.
[03:22.100] will affect the price of food for 2014 until later this year.
[03:27.390] Experts agree there is no easy for quick answer to the problem of
[03:33.730] making sure farmers have enough water to grow their crops.
[03:38.510] And that' s the Agriculture Report.
[00:00.000] From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.120] this is the Agriculture Report.
[00:05.420] The western United States
[00:08.470] is suffering from a severe lack of rain,
[00:11.750] this extreme dry weather condition is called a drought.
[00:16.760] The dry area includes the large state of California.
[00:21.850] Many of the fruits and vegetables
[00:25.210] eaten in the United States are grown there.
[00:28.250] Andy Domenigoni is a farmer in Riverside, California.
[00:33.840] His father, grandfather and great grandfather
[00:38.860] all farmed in the same area.
[00:41.520] He says farmers have good and bad years,
[00:45.350] and this year is one of the bad ones.
[00:49.100] " I have some fields that we planted almost a month ago
[00:52.740] that are still not out of the ground," Domenigoni said.
[00:54.330] He says it usually takes five to seven days
[00:58.180] for the wheat to begin growing,
[01:00.980] but not this year. He shows us a brown field.
[01:05.360] " And you can see behind me,
[01:07.560] this field was planted two weeks ago
[01:10.490] and it is just bone dry.
[01:13.180] The seed is not in any moisture.
[01:15.530] It can' t sprout.
[01:16.730] We got to wait for the rain," Domenigoni said.
[01:18.330] Mr Domenigoni is not the only person waiting for rain.
[01:22.670] Bill Patzert is climatologist of NASA
[01:27.020] the American Space Agency.
[01:29.160] He says drought conditions in the American West and Southwest
[01:34.340] have been getting worse for the past ten years.
[01:38.330] " Ranchers in the West are selling off their livestock.
[01:41.790] Farmers all over the Southwest, from Texas to Oregon,
[01:47.020] are fallowing in their fields because of a lack of water.
[01:50.320] So for farmers and ranchers,
[01:52.830] this is a very painful drought," Patzert said.
[01:54.910] Mr Patzert says Southern California
[01:57.910] is dealing with the worst drought
[02:00.400] since officials begin keeping records more than 135 years ago.
[02:07.270] Milt McGiffen is a field crop expert at the University of California.
[02:13.660] He says the drought in his state is going to affect
[02:17.850] many people for many years to come.
[02:21.480] " The shortterm impact is going to be higher food prices.
[02:24.810] The longerterm impact is going to be you' re just
[02:28.850] not going to have as much production in the country.
[02:30.890] It' s part of an overall trend in the next 50 years," said Milt McGiffen.
[02:33.530] He says as the population increases,
[02:37.220] the amount of water for each person is decreasing.
[02:41.250] And he says that can not continue.
[02:44.990] He says a technology solution is urgently needed.
[02:49.440] Bill Patzert of NASA says what happens on California farms
[02:55.180] affects Americans and people around the world.
[02:59.720] He says the California farms provide food for the United States,
[03:04.700] and export food to the world.
[03:07.990] A United Nations report said world food prices in 2013
[03:13.460] were among the highest ever.
[03:16.180] Food experts say they will not know how much the drought in the western U. S.
[03:22.100] will affect the price of food for 2014 until later this year.
[03:27.390] Experts agree there is no easy for quick answer to the problem of
[03:33.730] making sure farmers have enough water to grow their crops.
[03:38.510] And that' s the Agriculture Report.
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