An estimated 564,000 acres of previously farmable land predicted to be fallowed and 8,650 jobs in sector expected to be lost, according to study’s authorsThe California drought, now in its fourth year, is set to cost the agriculture sector $1.8bn in direct losses this year, researchers at the University of California, Davis found in a study released on Tuesday.The loss represents around 4% of the state’s massive $45bn agriculture economy.