Climate Change
To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa
New research found that the crop used to feed dairy and beef cows uses the vast majority of agricultural water that would otherwise replenish the largest saline lake in the nation.
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and new research published Tuesday reports that saving it requires reducing the amount of farmland that is irrigated in the region.
To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa