{"id":918,"date":"2025-03-31T18:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/big-ag-is-drying-up-the-west\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:36:00","slug":"big-ag-is-drying-up-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/big-ag-is-drying-up-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"La agroindustria est\u00e1 secando el Oeste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por <a href=\"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/team\/holly-bainbridge\/\"><strong>Holly Bainbridge<\/strong><\/a><br> Abogado de planta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En el oeste americano, la escasez de agua se est\u00e1 convirtiendo en un problema cada vez m\u00e1s urgente, con sequ\u00edas severas y suministros de agua menguantes que afectan a las comunidades rurales, los centros urbanos y el medio ambiente natural. Uno de los principales contribuyentes a esta crisis es la agricultura industrial de animales, que consume una cantidad asombrosa de agua \u2014m\u00e1s de lo que muchos creen\u2014. Desde el riego de cultivos para alimentar al ganado hasta el suministro de agua potable para los propios animales, la demanda de agua de las granjas industriales est\u00e1 presionando a los acu\u00edferos y r\u00edos que ya est\u00e1n sobrecargados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si bien la escasez de agua ha <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_water_wars\">durante mucho tiempo<\/a> un problema en Occidente, est\u00e1 empeorando. <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/releases\/climate-change-parching-american-west-without-rainfall-deficits#:~:text=Higher%20temperatures%20caused%20by%20anthropogenic,reduced%20precipitation%20accounted%20for%2039%25.\">El cambio clim\u00e1tico est\u00e1 intensificando las sequ\u00edas<\/a> en la regi\u00f3n al aumentar las temperaturas, lo que genera mayores tasas de evaporaci\u00f3n y una reducci\u00f3n de las precipitaciones y la acumulaci\u00f3n de nieve. Mientras tanto, no se est\u00e1 haciendo lo suficiente para conservar los recursos h\u00eddricos y fomentar la resiliencia ante las sequ\u00edas. Por el contrario, la Administraci\u00f3n Trump ha exacerbado el problema al:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"--columnList:1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/centralcalifornia\/article\/trump-california-reservoir-dump-kaweah-success-20209496.php\">Vertiendo miles de millones de galones de agua<\/a> de los embalses de California que deber\u00edan haberse guardado para la temporada de cultivo de cosechas,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/california-water-doge-job-cuts-2039431\">Despido masivo de personal en la Oficina de Reclamaci\u00f3n<\/a>, que desempe\u00f1a el papel fundamental de gestionar las presas y la infraestructura de suministro de agua, y<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/25\/nx-s1-5302718\/trump-funding-freeze-includes-payments-to-keep-the-colorado-river-flowing\">Congelaci\u00f3n de fondos para medidas clave de conservaci\u00f3n del agua<\/a>, incluidos $4 mil millones destinados a proteger el caudal del r\u00edo Colorado.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incluso los reguladores bien intencionados a menudo fallan al apuntar a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2022-05-23\/newsom-urges-more-aggressive-water-conservation-amid-drought\">usos individuales del agua<\/a>, como el consumo residencial o el riego al aire libre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/utah\/2025\/01\/27\/utah-golf-course-water-usage-bill\/\">Campos de golf<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/kardashian-water-usage-called-out-as-khloe-slams-la-mayor-karen-bass\/\">la huella h\u00eddrica de los famosos<\/a> a menudo se les culpa por su impacto. Pero esos usos del agua se quedan peque\u00f1os en comparaci\u00f3n con el consumo de la ganader\u00eda industrial intensiva sobre nuestros preciosos recursos h\u00eddricos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En lo que respecta al uso del agua, la gran agroindustria ha podido aprovechar d\u00e9cadas de escasa supervisi\u00f3n regulatoria y de una pol\u00edtica federal que favorece \u00fanicamente a los mayores productores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Estas operaciones no solo consumen una parte significativa del agua en las zonas en las que operan; <a href=\"https:\/\/foe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BrownCloud-ENGLISH-Final-1.pdf\">tambi\u00e9n envenenan lo que queda.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tome el r\u00edo Colorado, que suministra agua a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/region\/programs\/crbstudy\/finalreport\/Study%20Report\/CRBS_Study_Report_FINAL.pdf\">siete estados, 22 reservas ind\u00edgenas y M\u00e9xico<\/a>, y actualmente se encuentra en crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/2023\/08\/08\/big-ag-is-draining-the-colorado-river-dry\/\">Desde principios de la d\u00e9cada de 2000<\/a>, la demanda anual en el r\u00edo ha aumentado, mientras que el caudal ha disminuido un 20%, y los expertos predicen que cada 1 grado Celsius de calentamiento clim\u00e1tico se traducir\u00e1 en una disminuci\u00f3n del caudal del 9%. El lago Powell y el lago Mead, los dos embalses m\u00e1s grandes de Estados Unidos, son componentes clave del sistema del r\u00edo Colorado. Tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n sufriendo bajo las condiciones actuales, con el lago Powell en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/how-lake-powell-water-levels-changed-2024-2005728\">Capacidad del 36%<\/a> y el lago Mead en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/how-lake-mead-water-levels-changed-2024-2005321#:~:text=End%2Dof%2Dmonth%20elevation%20levels,from%20Jan%202014%E2%80%93Nov%202024.&amp;text=2021-,End%2Dof%2Dmonth%20elevation%20levels%20of%20Lake%20Mead%2C%20as,from%20Jan%202014%E2%80%93Nov%202024.&amp;text=As%20of%20December%2023%2C%20Lake,the%20same%20point%20last%20year.\">33% de capacidad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-4863 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lake-Mead-water-levels-e1743446799780.jpg\" alt=\"Bajos niveles de agua en el lago Mead, con un nivel de agua muy por debajo de la l\u00ednea en los ca\u00f1ones circundantes que marca los niveles normales de agua.\" class=\"wp-image-4863\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bajos niveles de agua en el lago Mead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A pesar de suministrar <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.waterdata.usgs.gov\/visualizations\/OWDI-drought\/en\/index.html\">1 de cada 10<\/a> estadounidenses con parte, si no con toda, de su agua, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41893-020-0483-z.epdf?sharing_token=AJwsiAn4ynFsZOaK61JDHNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NcRI4tUpSOob5OVmynl_awiKQ6ZrpST6zlAMJ4jILQ4slvc4trkjzt_yIgLiHMpXuPzcrqNeL9tqAdgmHDtuZELX4gw1OwOwF8-roOOrpx04H3ImO8WrIXA2iUvRyqCnBXeerYv33BmxjGNdxQt1PjZbiBTr3nlwk_On5a7oKBFgz4Knuht6Hs4gLaii6tV7w%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=www.nationalgeographic.com\">el uso residencial solo representa el 13%<\/a> del agua extra\u00edda del r\u00edo Colorado. <strong>El riego de cultivos representa 79% del consumo total de agua en la cuenca del r\u00edo Colorado, de los cuales 70% se destinan al riego de cultivos forrajeros para el ganado, como la alfalfa, otros tipos de heno y el ensilado de ma\u00edz. <\/strong>En 2022, las granjas de alfalfa a gran escala utilizan alrededor de un tercio del <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/2023\/08\/08\/big-ag-is-draining-the-colorado-river-dry\/\">2,2 billones de galones<\/a> del agua utilizada en la cuenca, a pesar de representar solo el % de todas las granjas de alfalfa de la regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull cta-banner-simple has-yellow-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2de2ec1e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-darker-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">Mantente involucrade en la lucha por un sistema alimentario justo. Suscr\u00edbete para recibir correos electr\u00f3nicos de FarmSTAND.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-orange\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/forms\/join-the-movement-for-a-fair-food-system?source=direct_link&amp;\">Reg\u00edstrate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La alfalfa es notoriamente <a href=\"https:\/\/waterquality.montana.edu\/farm-ranch\/irrigation\/alfalfa\/guidelines.html#:~:text=Alfalfa%20is%20a%20high%20water,be%20stored%20in%20the%20soil.\">cultivo de alto consumo de agua<\/a> debido a su larga temporada de crecimiento, un profundo sistema radicular y una densa masa de vegetaci\u00f3n. En las granjas industriales, donde miles de animales se cr\u00edan en espacios confinados, es necesario utilizar pienso que pueda producirse a granel y almacenarse durante per\u00edodos prolongados. La alfalfa se puede secar y convertir en heno o pellets, que se almacenan y distribuyen f\u00e1cilmente para satisfacer las altas demandas de la ganader\u00eda intensiva. Por ejemplo, una vaca lechera de tama\u00f1o promedio consume aproximadamente <a href=\"https:\/\/davidwoodshay.com\/2023\/10\/how-much-alfalfa-hay-should-you-feed-your-dairy-cow\/\">de 20 a 30 libras de alfalfa por d\u00eda<\/a>. Una gran lecher\u00eda promedio de California alberga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/2024\/02\/21\/new-usda-data-shows-california-mega-dairy-herds-grew-an-average-of-72-in-20-years\/\">2300 animales<\/a> \u2014 un aumento del 72% de 2002 a 2022. Seg\u00fan estas cifras, una sola gran macrogranja lechera puede consumir la friolera de 17 millones de libras de alfalfa al a\u00f1o, y eso requiere much\u00edsima agua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Adem\u00e1s, los 2,5 millones de vacas lecheras amontonadas en megaexplotaciones lecheras en los estados del r\u00edo Colorado consumieron un estimado de 218 millones de galones todos los d\u00edas solo para lavado e hidrataci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El cultivo de la alfalfa es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agroberichtenbuitenland.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2018\/12\/03\/ksa-fodder-ban\">prohibido en Arabia Saudita<\/a> precisely because of the pressure it puts on the country\u2019s limited water resources. Thus, Saudi industrial animal agriculture has turned to the United States for its alfalfa supplies thanks to its lax-to-nonexistent groundwater protections. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/26\/opinion\/arizona-water-colorado-river-saudi-arabia.html\">En Arizona<\/a>, por ejemplo, los suministros de agua se est\u00e1n agotando para cultivar alfalfa que se env\u00eda a 8.000 millas de distancia para alimentar a los animales de la empresa lechera m\u00e1s grande de Arabia Saud\u00ed. En respuesta, la <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/12122024\/arizona-attorney-general-sues-industrial-farm-over-water-use\/\">El fiscal general de Arizona ha demandado recientemente<\/a> una operaci\u00f3n de este tipo para la salud p\u00fablica en peligro. El gobernador de Arizona ha <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/saudi-arabia-drought-arizona-alfalfa-water-agriculture-0d13957edaf882690e15c0bd9ccfa59f\">arrendamientos de tierras estatales cancelados<\/a> que hab\u00eda otorgado a una granja de propiedad saud\u00ed acceso sin restricciones al bombeo de aguas subterr\u00e1neas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otro ejemplo del agotamiento de los recursos h\u00eddricos occidentales por parte de la ganader\u00eda industrial involucra a Riverview, un gigante de la industria lechera con sus or\u00edgenes en Minnesota que ha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agweek.com\/livestock\/dairy\/minnesota-mayor-says-riverview-dairy-has-been-great-but-some-north-dakota-residents-worry-about-new-site\">expandi\u00f3 sus operaciones por todo el pa\u00eds<\/a>. Uno de los objetivos de la expansi\u00f3n de Riverview es en el condado de Cochise, Arizona, donde <a href=\"https:\/\/news.azpm.org\/p\/news-splash\/2024\/12\/20\/223087-willcox-groundwater-basin-designated-as-arizonas-7th-active-management-area\/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20ADWR%2C%20the,in%20the%20Whitewater%20Draw%20watershed.\">hasta hace poco<\/a> no ha habido regulaci\u00f3n sobre el uso de aguas subterr\u00e1neas. Desde que Riverview comenz\u00f3 a comprar peque\u00f1as granjas independientes en la zona en 2014, ha utilizado 35 mil millones de galones de agua para satisfacer las necesidades de sus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/53-8\/agriculture-a-mega-dairy-is-transforming-arizonas-aquifer-and-farming-lifestyles\/#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20the%20company%20built,dairy%20cows%20and%20120%2C000%20heifers.\">masivas operaciones en Arizona<\/a>, incluidas unas instalaciones con 7.000 vacas lecheras y 70.000 novillas, y otra con 9.000 vacas lecheras y 120.000 novillas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Desde la llegada de Riverview, los niveles de agua subterr\u00e1nea en la zona han disminuido 2.7 pies por a\u00f1o. La comunidad vecina de Pearce ha sentido el impacto. <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.perfectunion.us\/p\/in-this-town-only-the-rich-get-water\">Una uni\u00f3n m\u00e1s perfecta<\/a> Habl\u00e9 con los residentes, quienes han informado que desde que Riverview lleg\u00f3 al pueblo, sus pozos se han secado. Se han visto obligados a sobrevivir con garrafas de agua y a gastar miles de d\u00f3lares en la instalaci\u00f3n de tanques de agua o en la perforaci\u00f3n de pozos m\u00e1s profundos. El pozo de Riverview es mucho m\u00e1s profundo que los pozos de los que dependen los residentes, por lo que nada impide que Riverview siga esquilmando los recursos h\u00eddricos de la comunidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los recursos h\u00eddricos de nuestro pa\u00eds ya no pueden sostener el modelo de agricultura industrial. Creemos en un sistema mejor; uno que se base en una ganader\u00eda que respete los recursos h\u00eddricos y la dependencia de las comunidades vecinas de agua limpia y abundante. FarmSTAND lucha junto a las comunidades directamente afectadas para combatir las pr\u00e1cticas extractivas y explotadoras de la ganader\u00eda industrial, y est\u00e1 ansiosa por utilizar herramientas legales para combatir el agotamiento de los recursos h\u00eddricos por parte de esta industria.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En el oeste americano, la escasez de agua se est\u00e1 convirtiendo en un problema cada vez m\u00e1s urgente, con sequ\u00edas severas y suministros de agua menguantes que afectan a las comunidades rurales, los centros urbanos y el medio ambiente natural. Uno de los principales contribuyentes a esta crisis es la agricultura industrial de animales, que consume una cantidad asombrosa de agua \u2014m\u00e1s de lo que muchos creen\u2014. Desde el riego de cultivos para alimentar al ganado hasta el suministro de agua potable para los propios animales, la demanda de agua de las granjas industriales est\u00e1 presionando a los acu\u00edferos y r\u00edos que ya est\u00e1n sobrecargados.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[27,26,98],"issue":[20],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","tag-cafos","tag-clean-water","tag-water-use","issue-climate-environmental-protection"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Big Ag Is Drying Up the West - Farmstand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the American West, water scarcity is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, with severe droughts and dwindling water supplies impacting rural communities, urban centers, and the natural environment. 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