Episode 316 - Cash Crop   addthis
A full 90 percent of the Colorado River water that reaches the Imperial Dam near Yuma, Arizona will be diverted to agriculture. It's the life blood of Yuma area farmers. Their product: nearly a quarter million acres more of the ingredients you love in your salad. The Colorado River water along with Arizona's mild winter weather has made possible some of the most successful agricultural enterprises in the world.

 

  

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Lettuce isn't the only important crop on Arizona's agriculture list. Lemons, tangerines, oranges and grapefruit are also top crops. And while you may think dry desert conditions when you think of Arizona, the state produces more than 90 million pounds of apples each year.

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Colorado Farm Bureau
Colorado Department of Agriculture

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Farm Credit, and the United Soybean Board make presentation of America's Heartland possible.
American Farm Bureai Foundation for Agriculture            Farm Credit           United Soybean Board


Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by
The American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, U.S. Grains Council,
National Association of Wheat Growers, and the National FFA Organization.

 

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