Energy and US agriculture: irrigation pumping, 1974-83. Agricultural economic report

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6118246

Sloggett, G

U.S. land irrigated with onfarm pumped water increased by 9.5 million acres to 44.5 million acres from 1974 to 1983. Higher energy prices increased energy pumping costs from $551 million to $2.5 billion. Pump irrigators applied energy-saving technologies such as low-pressure center pivots, which alone saved about $72 million in 1983. Favorable economic conditions could lead to 3 to 4 million additional pump-irrigated acres in the water-short Great Plains by the year 2020 and significant increases in the more humid Eastern States. This report, the fourth in a series, updates the 1980 irrigation estimates and focuses on 1983 pump-irrigated farmland, prospects for irrigation, and fuel costs.

• Research Organization: Economic Research Service, Washington, DC (USA). Natural Resource Economics Div.
• OSTI ID: 6118246
• Report Number(s): PB-86-145588/XAB; USDA/AER-545
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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