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A major problem with agriculture today is the prevalence of nitrogen fertilizers. These fertilizers hurt the environment and cause issues with natural ecosystems. Huge problems exist with the shortage of water in California and leads to hundreds of layoffs when it comes to laborers. Laborers have little job security and can therefore be let go with little or no backlash to the farmers. The water shortage forces farmers to leave much of their land fallow which is what leads to lay offs. Over the past several decades, yields have risen due to an increase in development of irrigation and water transportation. Smarting farming has also increased yields. Illegal immigration still stands to be a large problem in farm labor in the present day. The U.S. government is leaning on farmers to hire legal workers which increases wages and decreases profits for already poor farmers.