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Brian Maffly and Mark Eddington
Salt Lake Tribune reporters
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alfalfa fields in Mt. Carmel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.
One crop uses more than half of Utah’s water. Here’s why.
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Hay and alfalfa feed beef and dairy production and support rural life, but together, they soak up two-thirds of Utah’s water. Mount Carmel — When the water is running through the ditches connecting he...