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.
During a normal year, 30% of the stateâs water supply comes from groundwater (underground water). In times of intense drought, groundwater consumption can rise to 60% or more. Over 850,000 acre feet (1.05 km 3) of water is stored in Californiaâs 450 known groundwater reservoirs.However, not all the water is usable.lfalfa uses about 18% of California irrigation water and produces 4% of California 's farm-gate revenue, most of which is used as livestock feed. In 2012, California exported 575,000 tons of alfalfa to China, for $586 million.