“Agriculture takes up half of the river’s flow. And most of that goes to alfalfa. This cow food consumes more water than all the cities, factories and data centers in the basin combined…about 20% of the alfalfa grown is shipped overseas, according to a 2022 University of Arizona study.”
Dr. Jeff Masters
If you have a straw and I have a straw and Big Ag has a straw, pretty soon there won't be any water. Any other fix for the Colorado River is insufficient until we figure out how to use less of a dwindling resource
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