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Agriculture Built These High Plains Towns. Now, It Might Run Them Dry

Daily Yonder

Today, the aquifer supports 20% of the nation’s wheat, corn, cotton and cattle production and represents 30% of all water used for irrigation in the United States. Shannon said the city, industry and agricultural producers must work together. “We We know farmers are going to have to produce ag products.