Few things are more valuable to a farmer than water. In the arid West, that can mean competing with fast-growing cities for water rights. Farm families are increasingly under pressure to sell their water, cashing in their water rights in exchange for millions of dollars at high stakes auctions. Harvest Public Media’s Luke Runyon reports.
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