Farming on the Mother Road - 9

Tribal Farm Prospers Along the Colorado River

Del Wakimoto, farm manager for AVI KWA'AME Farms, scans the farm-management program he has helped create for the farm, which is owned by the Mojave Tribe near Needles, Calif. Del's daughter, Jennifer, is the farm's marketing manager for cotton. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
Del Wakimoto, farm manager for AVI KWA'AME Farms, scans the farm-management program he has helped create for the farm, which is owned by the Mojave Tribe near Needles, Calif. Del's daughter, Jennifer, is the farm's marketing manager for cotton. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
Just north of Needles, Calif., the Fort Mojave Tribe has about 15,000 acres of irrigated cotton, alfalfa and small grains operated by AVI KWA 'AME Farms, drawing water out of the Colorado River. The tribe's farm manager is pleased with the way the farm has...

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