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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2008
Summarized for the 16 counties of the Altamaha WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 7.8 6.6 8.2
     Peanut 6.9 5.4 6.0
     Corn 9.0 7.3 7.6
     Soybean 4.7 3.8 4.7
     Tobacco 6.6 6.3 5.9
     Small Grain 4.6 3.0 4.3
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 8.9 4.8 7.6
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 8.3 8.8 7.9
     Vegetable Spray 8.6 8.4 8.3
Fruit and Nut      
     Pecan Drip 8.9 7.3 8.9
     Pecan Sprinkler 9.8 6.3 8.5
     Peach 8.5 8.7 7.3
     Apple 6.0 8.0 8.0
     Blueberry 7.5 3.5 7.0
     Grape 5.7 8.3 6.3
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 13.6 10.1 13.4
     Other - 4.5 -
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 14.0 11.6 18.9
     Nursery Plants 14.1 11.1 13.2
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 15.9 12.5 15.6
       


Source: University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service 2000, 2004, & 2008 Irrigation Surveys. Irrigation Surveys are an approximately quadrennial survey prepared from county level data assembled by Agricultural Agents for their respective counties. More information on the statewide survey and its published references can be found here.

Last Updated on 1/21/09 by Annie Horak, Shane Conger and Jim Hook