A: Probably not, though itâs hard to know for sure. Hexane is a volatile solvent thatâs used, with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to extract oil from soybeans (as well as from nuts and olives).
Agriculture uses about 80 percent of Californiaâs. developed water supply. As such a large. user, it is heavily impacted by the availability. and reliability of Californiaâs water resources. Agriculture can also play an important role in. helping the state achieve a more sustainable. water future.
Eighty percent of the fresh water we use in the U.S. is for irrigating crops and generating thermoelectric-power. More than 87% of the water consumed in Utah is used for agriculture and irrigation. Per capita water use in the western U.S. is much higher than in any other region, because of agricultural needs in this arid region.