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From laser-leveled fields to drip irrigation, farms stretch water they have

Moriah Costa, Cronkite News Service//April 15, 2014//

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From laser-leveled fields to drip irrigation, farms stretch water they have

From laser-leveled fields to drip irrigation, farms stretch water they have

Moriah Costa, Cronkite News Service//April 15, 2014//

Ronald Rayner has been fascinated with water since he was a boy on his father’s farm in Goodyear. Now a partner on the family farm, A Tumbling-T Ranches, he has...

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