A Saudi Arabia-owned farm based in Arizona is under fresh scrutiny for using water for free to grow alfalfa for cattle in the Gulf kingdom as the state’s drought worsens.
Worsening drought has focused new attention on the Saudi-owned dairy company and whether Arizona should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources.
That farm which does not pay for the water according to the Associated Press uses the water to grow its alfalfa plants. It then exports the plants to Saudi Arabia to feed dairy cattle.