Anyone reviewing work in arizona, yikes.

[Tom D]

Arizona took steps to rectify the overuse of water in October, but it is reportedly still dealing with the fallout after years’ worth of groundwater drilling.

The Copper Courier reported in December that residents of Arizona’s McMullen Valley have seen their properties sink, with the communities now three feet or more below what they were in 1991. Almost a foot of that total has come since 2015 when corporate drilling for groundwater began.

Some areas were impacted even more severely.
“The Emiratis are farming and have withdrawn so much water from the ground that the entire town of Wenden has sunk by four feet,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told the news outlet. “It’s stunning, and it’s horrific for the people of Wenden.”

 

[Elliott]

Water Wars and Range Wars are what the West is about.


#1. Hay & haylage
Arizona- Annual production: $494.4 million
- Top states:
--- #1. Texas ($1.7 billion)
--- #2. Wisconsin ($1.3 billion)
--- #3. California ($1.2 billion)
--- #4. Idaho ($1.1 billion)
--- #5. Colorado ($1.0 billion)





Other AZ crops:


#2. Lettuce
AZ- Annual production: $291.0 million
- Top states:
--- #1. California ($768.5 million)
--- #2. Arizona ($291.0 million)




#4. Cotton
AZ- Annual production: $101.5 million
- Top states:
--- #1. Texas ($3.2 billion)
--- #2. Georgia ($937.4 million)
--- #3. Arkansas ($442.8 million)
--- #4. Mississippi ($344.9 million)
--- #5. North Carolina ($339.3 million)


#11. Wheat
AZ- Annual production: $36.7 million
- Top states:
--- #1. Kansas ($2.4 billion)
--- #2. North Dakota ($1.8 billion)
--- #3. Montana ($832.3 million)
--- #4. Washington ($739.6 million)
--- #5. Oklahoma ($736.3 million)


#13. Corn
AZ- Annual production: $21.5 million
- Top states:
--- #1. Iowa ($13.9 billion)
--- #2. Illinois ($11.8 billion)
--- #3. Nebraska ($10.0 billion)
--- #4. Minnesota ($7.5 billion)
--- #5. Indiana ($5.6 billion)


California and Florida are neck and neck in Orange production.
45 million boxes each.