
                                                            EXHIBIT 23.1
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           INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
                          
                          
                          
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Cadiz Land Company, Inc. of our report dated September 20, 1996
with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Sun World 
International, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994, appearing 
in the Cadiz Land Company, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 
13, 1996.


/s/  Deloitte & Touche LLP



Oakland, California 
November 26, 1996
