irrigation When Water is More Valuable than Crops, Farms Struggle to Compete with Thirsty Cities By Luke Runyon • Aug 13, 2016 Luke Runyon/Harvest Public Media Few things are more valuable to a farmer in the arid West than irrigation water. Without it, the land turns back into its natural state: dry, dusty plains. If a fast-growing city is your neighbor, then your water holds even more value.
