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Arizona moves to end Saudi farm's controversial groundwater deals to grow, export alfalfa

www.azcentral.com Arizona moves to end Saudi farm's controversial groundwater deals to grow, export alfalfa

Gov. Katie Hobbs said the Arizona State Land Department had canceled one of its leases to Fondomonte Arizona and would not renew 3 others.

Arizona moves to end Saudi farm's controversial groundwater deals to grow, export alfalfa

Gov. Katie Hobbs' administration on Monday announced two steps to stop a controversial Saudi Arabian company from using groundwater beneath state land in western Arizona to grow and export alfalfa.

Hobbs said in a statement that the Arizona State Land Department had canceled one of its leases to Fondomonte Arizona, and would not renew three others that are set to expire in February.

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