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ground fissures

alfalfa, water, drought, farming
Nov 28, 2023

Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water

Matthew Hancock's family has used groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than six decades. But concerns about future water supplies from the valley's ancient aquifers, which hold groundwater supplies, are bubbling up in Wenden, a town of around 700 people where the Hancock family farms.

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