Complex sentence: Modern farming techniques and a series of rainy years helped to reestablish the area as an important farming region; however, farming has always been precarious, and to this day the area's farmers often receive large government subsidies to deal with drought conditions.
Split into simpler sentences: Modern farming techniques and a series of rainy years helped to reestablish the area as an important farming region; however, farming has always been precarious. The area's farmers often receive large government subsidies to deal with drought conditions.