Out-of-state investors and industrial-scale agriculture businesses have poured millions into deep wells and water-intensive nut orchards in Arizona’s Mohave County, betting on the state’s unregulated aquifers to keep profits flowing. Now, more than 99% of the cropland in the Hualapai Valley basin is owned or controlled by out-of-state farming operations or investment funds.
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