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Arizona cancels a lease for farm exporting alfalfa to Middle East
Alfalfa, similar to that on this field of cut and drying hay, is grown on a 3,000-acre western Arizona farm and then shipped to the Middle East. On Monday Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said the state Land Department canceled one of the controversial leases to Fondomonte Arizona, a company that has been growing alfalfa for export to Saudi Arabia.
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