The Idaho Department of Water Resources has issued a water curtailment order affecting 500,000 acres of farmland. This decision threatens to end the 135-year farming legacy of families like that of East Idaho farmer Brian Murdock, who grows potatoes. Farmers and ranchers across the state are concerned that the order will dry up their land and push them out of business. Although compliance with the curtailment has been temporarily paused and inspections are on hold, the agricultural community remains on high alert as a settlement is being finalized. Cattle rancher FL VanderSloot expressed ongoing concerns.
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Idaho, USA 🇺🇸 Idaho Department of Water Resources have issued a water curtailment order that could dry up to 500,000 acres of Idaho farmland. Idaho farmers are concerned that this water curtailment order will dry up their farmland and push them out of business. https://t.co/JdZAz7qCrA
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War On Nation's Food Supply?: Idaho Restricts Water To 500,000 Acres Of Farmland https://t.co/mbBeB3mCGd
Idaho’s water curtailment compliance has been temporarily paused but ranchers and farmers aren’t celebrating just yet. Cattle rancher @FLVanderSloot joins @dagenmcdowell and @SeanDuffyWI on why the community is still on high alert. https://t.co/co7UgQwG8A
The Idaho Department of Water Resources will pause inspections, while a settlement is close to being finalized on the water rights curtailment. #waterrights #watercurtailment #idaho #news3now #localnews8 https://t.co/RzTeY409go
Idaho farmer warns governor’s water rules will blot out hundreds of square miles of farms https://t.co/h03nOqJC52
USA 🇺🇸 This US rancher offers his support and advice to the farmers and ranchers in Idaho after the Department of Water Resources issued a water curtailment on 500,000 acres of farmland. https://t.co/vGtWo0P23m
Idaho, USA 🇺🇸 “Idaho farmers say that a water curtailment order will dry up land and push them out of business. Idaho Department of Water Resources has issued an order that could dry up 500,000 acres of Idaho farmland.” https://t.co/oOpatT1orN
“This will end my 135-year family farm legacy of growing potatoes in Idaho.” East Idaho Farmer Brian Murdock on the consequences of the devastating water curtailment in the state. | @dagenmcdowell @SeanDuffyWI https://t.co/j0SKJBjQT2