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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2004
Summarized for the 18 counties of the Coosa North Georgia WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 10.0 6.0 6.8
     Corn 8.6 6.0 6.0
     Soybean 4.7 4.0 8.8
     Small Grain - 1.0 3.0
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 4.8 1.1 12.5
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 9.0 9.0 36.7
     Vegetable Spray 7.6 11.5 5.3
Fruit and Nut      
     Peach 3.0 2.0 25
     Apple 6.0 - 25.0
     Blueberry 10.0 4.0 30.0
     Grape 5.0 0.5 20.3
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 30.2 47.0 20.7
     Other 6.0 3.0 -
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 26.3 12.8 28.2
     Nursery Plants 18.3 11.7 20.0
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 29.8 19.5 28.6
       


Source: University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service 2000, 2004, & 2008 Irrigation Survey. 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