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☆ A small group of farms in California use more water than entire cities, and it's mostly going to a single crop, according to a new report
  + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
An investigation from ProPublica and The Desert Sun focused on farmers' water use in California. Most of the water in the valley is used by just 20 farming families, the investigation found. A small group in Imperial Valley soaks up billions of gallonsThe winter growing season in Imperial Valley. The Imperial Valley district gets its water for free from the US Bureau of Reclamation, ProPublica reported. "Cheap water helps make growing hay in the Imperial Valley profitable," ProPublica and The Desert Sun wrote.
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☆ The Biden administration is offering to pay Colorado River farmers to let fields go dry during a devastating drought. They're worried it's just the first step in losing their way of life.
  + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The Biden administration is paying Colorado River farmers and ranchers to let their fields run dry. Climate change has made the Colorado River the dryest it's been in more than a thousand years. Knowing they have to do something, Grand Valley farmers and ranchers want better compensation to make fallowing worth their while. At this better price they received enough applications from agricultural producers to cover the thousand acres Grand Valley offered, he said. Are you a farmer, rancher, or resident of the Colorado River basin concerned about water conservation?
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