Even worse, my understanding is that much of that alfalfa gets put into shipping containers and sold overseas. The agricultural drain on the aquifers does not even benefit US ranchers.

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hnav 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It benefits whoever has the water rights since they're effectively able to export something that they're not paying the externalities on.

	▲	voakbasda an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That’s the joke. We are literally letting those growers export our water and put the profit in their own pockets and at the public’s expense.

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xahrepap an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Shipped to countries that have banned the growing of the crop because of water concerns