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silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds

www.latimes.com

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Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds

www.latimes.com

silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Much of the Colorado River's water is used for agriculture. A new study shows 46% of the water that is diverted is used to grow hay to feed cattle.

Archived copies of the article: ghostarchive.org archive.today

The study itself is here

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    I dont understand why we dont ban cattle breeding & importing and be done with it?

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