Mexico’s water debt to the U.S. is leaving farmers in northern Tamaulipas high and dry

Mexico’s water debt to the U.S. is leaving farmers in northern Tamaulipas high and dry

Small green seedlings growing in dry, cracked soil under cloudy skies in northern Tamaulipas, where farmers depend entirely on rainfall due to irrigation shortages.

With no guaranteed irrigation or insurance coverage, producers are cutting acreage and absorbing full financial risk as binational water tensions intensify.