23-05-2016 14:47 via krqe.com

Massive Navajo farm heads into week 2 with no irrigation

The largest farm on the Navajo Nation had headed into a second week with no irrigation.
A decades-old concrete pipe broke May 13, cutting off water to 72,000 acres of farmland in northwestern New Mexico. Many of the crops on the land managed by the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry had just been planted.
Officials have pegged June 11 as the date to have repairs done with water flowing through a canal system days later.
For now, they’re holding out hope that the skies will stay cloudy a
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