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San Luis Valley Aims to Become West’s Largest Irrigated Tract
The San Luis valley, the west’s largest fertile basin, spans over three million acres with irrigation projects under construction. It hosts about 35,000 people across Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache, Costilla, and Mineral counties, rich in water, livestock, and expanding field pea farming that boosts soil fertility and meat production.
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