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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2004
Summarized for the 12 counties of the Middle Ocmulgee WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 11.2 8.0 11.4
     Peanut 10.8 6.0 8.0
     Corn 9.8 8.5 8.5
     Soybean 3.0 3.0 6.0
     Small Grain 4.5 7.0 6.0
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 6.5 3.0 6.4
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 12.5 8.5 13.3
     Vegetable Spray 13.7 9.0 10.7
Fruit and Nut      
     Pecan Drip 14.2 8.0 12.5
     Pecan Sprinkler 10.0 8.0 -
     Peach 10.8 6.0 9.0
     Blueberry 10.8 6.0 12.5
     Grape 5.0 0 -
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 13.3 31.8 20.0
     Other 8.5 0 -
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 18.5 17.0 25.8
     Nursery Plants 8.6 22.4 15.8
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 20.7 23.4 19.0
       


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