The economic pain caused by California's relentless drought will cost the state's agriculture industry $2.7 billion this year, up half a billion from 2014 estimates, a study released Tuesday predicts. Less rainfall means fewer crops which translates into less money, a lot less, according to scientists at the University of California, Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences.

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