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California’s SGMA law, designed to curb groundwater depletion, is crushing small farmers like Amrik “Mickey” Singh Basra, who now faces crippling fees, pumping limits, and the threat of losing his 300-acre almond farm—built from scratch—while larger agribusinesses thrive. A court upheld a steep $246-per-acre fee, later slashed to $59, but that’s still not enough to fund critical infrastructure, leaving many farmers scrambling. With water becoming the ultimate currency and almond prices plummeting, thousands are selling out or going bankrupt—marking the worst farm crisis in two decades.

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