I go to the Valley area multiple times a year. I always leave with the same feeling I get in most of Nebraska, The Dakotas, SW Kansas, E Colorado, and Texas Pannhandle. Which is “you shouldn't be growing these things here”.
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Even though they've been getting rain this last year or so I always have trouble wrapping my head around growing all of that food in a place that gets 8-9 inches of rain a year.
I am a little upset I haven't been able to hit up my favorite Mexican restaurant in the world out in Five Points for almost a year now.
groundwater.. its not gonna last forever. already not enough recharge in southern Ogallala
When I'm in Nebraska, I just get the feeling of boredom.
There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
You cannot spit in that region without landing on a 5-10k dairy. And everything in between is strawberries, almonds and everything else they grow. It's wild. Definitely recognize some of the dairy names impacted by the lake.
This is Wisconsin's opportunity to take back the cheese industry!
also they've been sucking so much water out of the ground there...... elevation is 30 feet lower since 1925
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-27/tulare-lake-land-barons-defy-calls-to-cut-groundwater-pumping#:~:text=Since 2015, Corcoran has experienced,Engineers, in 1969 and 1983.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-27/tulare-lake-land-barons-defy-calls-to-cut-groundwater-pumping#:~:text=Since 2015, Corcoran has experienced,Engineers, in 1969 and 1983.
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It's also wild how deep those wells are. I was talking with the owner of the host farm we work with out there and he was saying guys were drilling well over 1000 feet now to hit water.
i've seen a couple 2000 foot wells in eastern new mexico (clovis)
There are wells that are thousands of feet deep in Iowa. Just depends where you are at in the state and what aquifer you are trying to tap into. The Jordan aquifer is one of the most heavily used in Iowa and central Iowa Jordan wells can get that deep.
I have one well that is 60 feet down to water that is just 300 feet away from another one that is 550 feet down to water.
Hydrology is nuts.
El Rancho Cafe. Pretty solid.
I enjoy going to hit up the taco truck at Five Points when I'm there.
Authentic Mexican food in the back of the Riverdale Liquor store... hope you can at least understand a little Spanish!
I'm pretty sure there are a couple that are over 3000 ft deep.
