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Farmers are skeptical about participating in water leasing to save the Great Salt Lake. Here’s why.

Agriculture is often criticized as the state’s biggest water user, but irrigators face mounting pressure from rapid urban growth.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Harris poses for a portrait in his Eden home on Mar. 6, 2023. Harris grows hay and Christmas trees on his 9 acre farm. He's also the president of Middle Fork Irrigation Co. which provides water shares to 11 users.