FALLS CHURCH, VA — In response to the June 7, 2013, New York Times article titled, “Farm Subsidies Leading to More Water Use,” the Family Farm Alliance and the Irrigation Association, yesterday, joined by the Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association, Association of California Water Agencies, California Agricultural Irrigation Association, California Farm Bureau Federation, Montana Stockgrowers Association, Public Lands Council and the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association disputed many of the claims made in the article via an op-ed submitted to the Times.

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