Fondomonte and Almarai grow alfalfa in Arizona, cut it, bale it and truck it to port. Then it's shipped back to Saudi Arabia to feed dairy cows.
LA PAZ COUNTY, Ariz. — The overseas company sucking water out of the Arizona ground will no longer be able to do so, according to an announcement from Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday.
In November 2016, Fondomonte was notified it needed to cure numerous defaults under its Butler Valley leases, including"a failure to include secondary containment structures on its fuel and Diesel Exhaust Fluid storage units," the news release said. The department also determined renewing the three remaining Butler Valley leases"is not in the best interest of the Trust’s beneficiaries due to excessive amounts of water being pumped from the land—free of charge."
In a statement Monday, Mayes said she commended Hobbs for taking action against Fondomonte's default.
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