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Mountain Mule

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10. Where I live Colorado farmers are giving up on water intensive crops like alfalfa

Sat Apr 30, 2022, 03:00 AM

Apr 2022

and switching over to wheat which is a much less water intensive crop than hay and alfalfa used to feed cows with. The farmers out here are doing this for for two reasons: One, Colorado's drought situation is as bad as California's and every year there is less and less irrigation water available and two, local farmers figure that wheat is going to sell for a very good price thanks to the havoc at play in the Ukraine right now. At least we can now thank Putin for something at long last - he may have inadvertently caused farmers in the western US to be more realistic about the crops they decide to plant.

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Consequences Of Severe Drought And Climate Change Ripple Across California - NBC News [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2022 OP

It will fail. The area is border line desert. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #1

The water used to grow meat and dairy products is an even more stunning waste. hunter Apr 2022 #4

K&R jfz9580m Apr 2022 #5

I live in Pa. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #7

Our society has always imagined Native Americans as hunter-gatherers but that's not true at all. hunter Apr 2022 #8

So I will say without being insulting. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #9

Besides the water problem, Southern California south of Santa Barbara has many abqtommy Apr 2022 #2

Thanks for the map! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2022 #3

K&R jfz9580m Apr 2022 #6

Where I live Colorado farmers are giving up on water intensive crops like alfalfa Mountain Mule Apr 2022 #10