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Sen. Ben Ray Luján heard from producers and ag economists about the rising costs of fertilizer and fuel stemming from the war in Iran. Yet current events only exacerbate long-term conditions particular to New Mexico and the American West, they emphasized, such as long-running droughts, labor shortages, price inflation trending upward since 2000 and, above all, water scarcity. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/lujan-holds-roundtable-on-fertilizer-fuel-costs/3039739 #agriculture #farming #newmexico #water #AguaesVida #nmpol