Max Armstrong discusses the good news of rains and snow in California, but long-term drought is not over. Max shares insight from a recent Farm Bill listening session in California. On area of concern is making the most use of water use in the region. During that session an expert from a drip irrigation company shared that water savings could occur without the need to fallow California land, among the most productive in the country.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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