Chasing Water:Water shortages force farmers to drastic measures

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Last year's drought convinced Colorado potato grower Harry Strohauer that he had to make a change — a big change.He moved 500 acres — roughly half his spud production — to New Mexico for the current growing season. The farm, near Clayton, N.M., is irrigated with groundwater wells.Strohauer relies almost entirely on runoff from mountain snowpack to irrigate his farm near Greeley, Colo."If you don't have a secure source of water, you are setting yourself up for failure," he said. "The drought is persisting into New Mexico, too, but we have a source of water there that we can depend on."