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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2004
Summarized for the 11 counties of the Middle Chattahoochee WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 10.8 6.7 14.3
     Peanut 9.3 4.5 11.7
     Corn 8.0 4.8 4.8
     Soybean 3.0 3.0 12.0
     Small Grain 5.5 3.0 4.0
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 11.4 2.0 14.0
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 8.0 - 12.0
     Vegetable Spray 5.0 - -
Fruit and Nut      
     Pecan Drip 7.0 6.0 12.0
     Pecan Sprinkler 0 8.0 10.0
     Blueberry 2.0 - -
     Grape 4.0 - 20.0
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 9.7 10.0 -
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 18.5 10.0 30.0
     Nursery Plants 10.3 9.0 21.5
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 14.9 29.8 30.7
       


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