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"It could break us": Valley farmer says Chinese tariffs have crushed the alfalfa export market

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"It could break us": Valley farmer says Chinese tariffs have crushed the alfalfa export market

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Climate@slrpnk.net · 1 year ago

'It could break us': Valley farmer says Chinese tariffs have crushed the alfalfa export market

Alfalfa hay is mainly used as feed for cattle and is big business in Arizona, with Arizona farms exporting over $100 million of alfalfa overseas a year.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28499504

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The farmers themselves could’ve taken that initiative, too.

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