29-03-2016 04:30 via news.yahoo.com

Saudi land purchases fuel debate over US water rights

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it's turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest.
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