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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYeah, growing alfalfa in the desert for export as cattle fodder is just bonkers, but we do it because the farmers there have senior rights to Colorado River water
minus-squarelefaucet@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoArizona has Saudi owned corporations sucking the aquifer for alfalfa export. Oof Reference: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/saudi-arabia-arizona-farm-alfalfa-1940/75-c7eb6295-3c5e-4b7e-8989-fbf4d41c6aa7
Yeah, growing alfalfa in the desert for export as cattle fodder is just bonkers, but we do it because the farmers there have senior rights to Colorado River water
Arizona has Saudi owned corporations sucking the aquifer for alfalfa export. Oof
Reference: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/saudi-arabia-arizona-farm-alfalfa-1940/75-c7eb6295-3c5e-4b7e-8989-fbf4d41c6aa7