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Thursday, July 24, 2003

Everyone Pays Price for Backroom Water Grab From Farmers
By Lloyd Allen, Lloyd Allen is president of the Imperial Irrigation District board of directors and is serving his fifth term on the board. He has farmed in the Imperial Valley for 44 years.

Thanks to the Department of the Interior and the Metropolitan Water District, millions of Southern Californians may soon feel the effect of new water wars in Southern California. In moves eerily reminiscent of Los Angeles' famous water grab in the Owens Valley a century ago, the Interior Department and the MWD have mixed backroom dealings with water rights and turned their public trust responsibilities upside down.
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Remote Sensing May Make Forage Analysis Faster, Easier
"An Agricultural Research Service study has revealed little difference between forage nutrient data collected in the field by a portable lightwave reading machine and information obtained through conventional lab analysis."

This might have some possibilities for use in Alfalfa.
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