The state terminated its lease with a Middle Eastern company operating a farm in Western Arizona.
VICKSBURG, Ariz. — La Paz County ranchers rely on bringing water up from under the ground.
“When they come in, they start sucking all of our water out," Mead said."Our wells start dropping. So we have to drill deeper or they dry them completely up."Arizona, a Saudi Arabian-owned farm using unregulated amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa. Arizona farmers grew Saudi Arabia's agriculture empire. Now, the monarchy has a chunk of the state's water
"The other three leases that we announced that we are not going to renew are based on the best use of the land and the trust beneficiaries getting their value from that," Hobbs said. "We're going to study the best use of the land, make sure that we're getting the best value out it, and work to protect Arizona's groundwater, which was a big part of this whole issue," Hobbs said.
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