The Biden administration is offering to pay Colorado River farmers to let fields go dry during a devastating drought. They're worried it's just the first step in losing their way of life.

• The Biden administration is paying Colorado River farmers and ranchers to let their fields run dry.
• Agricultural producers need better pay to make this worth their while.
• They've asked for more pay to show they are cooperating and preserve their way of life.

Troy Waters is a fifth-generation farmer in Grand Valley, Colorado. With a new water conservation program funded by the Biden administration, he fears his way of life will turn to dust and blow away in the wind like dried-out topsoil.