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Environment & Energy

bluedigger

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1. I live next to a hay farm in the Four Corners.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Apr 3, 2024, 06:50 AM

Apr 2024

They do use a lot of water to grow hay. It's an important crop, especially for the Ute and Navajo customers who are trying to maintain traditional agricultural lifestyles. I guess my question is how much would it cost to transport bulk livestock feed from the Eastern US, across the Rockies, or do we have a plan to transition to a new plant based diet? I hear the golf is pretty nice in Phoenix and Las Vegas, though.

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What's The Biggest Single Use Of Federally Subsidized Colorado River Water? Growing Hay. [View all] hatrack Apr 2024 OP

I live next to a hay farm in the Four Corners. bluedigger Apr 2024 #1

Yes, obviously the Colorado Plateau and SW are the only hay-growing regions in the US . . . hatrack Apr 2024 #2

That was not my point. bluedigger Apr 2024 #3

No, I know what you're getting at - and for local/tribal ag communities, it's about self-sufficiency hatrack Apr 2024 #4