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[+] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 point 5 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago It's around 15% exported in the American west and 4% nation wide. That's not nothing, but it's mostly for domestic consumption, the headlines about it are kind of misleading by making it sound like a majority Alfalfa is the third largest economic product in the US, but only 4% is exported annually. In the western states, however, which are high producers close to shipping ports to major export markets like China, Saudi Arabia and Japan, about 15% is exported each year https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/california-water-drought-scarce-saudi-arabia permalink fedilink source parent
[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago It's around 15% exported in the American west and 4% nation wide. That's not nothing, but it's mostly for domestic consumption, the headlines about it are kind of misleading by making it sound like a majority Alfalfa is the third largest economic product in the US, but only 4% is exported annually. In the western states, however, which are high producers close to shipping ports to major export markets like China, Saudi Arabia and Japan, about 15% is exported each year https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/california-water-drought-scarce-saudi-arabia permalink fedilink source parent