US EditionArizona governor revokes Saudi-owned alfalfa farm lease, announces nonrenewal of others
- Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has terminated state land leases that allowed a Saudi-owned farm, Fondomonte Arizona, to pump groundwater without charge.
- The decision not to renew the leases was due to excessive water use and violations of lease terms, including improper fuel storage.
- The cancellation of the leases is seen as a step towards addressing concerns over foreign-owned farms using significant amounts of water in water-stressed regions.
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Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state’s groundwater - West Hawaii Today
WASHINGTON — Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump groundwater in the dry southwestern state.
Hobbs defends decision to strip Saudi company of right to lease land to farm alfalfa
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday defended the decision to strip a Saudi company of its right to lease state land to farm alfalfa for export — and get the water underneath it free — but had no answers to what will become of the nearly 3,500 acres after that. Hobbs rebuffed questions of whether she intends to leave the land now being farmed by Fondomonte Arizona in the Butler Valley in La Paz County fallow and unleased. That would mean lost revenues fo…
Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state's groundwater
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump groundwater in the dry southwestern state.
Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state's groundwater
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump […]
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