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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2004
Summarized for the 20 counties of the Savannah Upper Ogeechee WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 9.8 7.1 12.0
     Peanut 9.8 7.8 9.8
     Corn 8.9 7.7 7.7
     Soybean 7.4 5.5 8.8
     Tobacco 6.0 8.0 12.0
     Small Grain 5.0 5.3 6.3
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 8.9 5.3 7.8
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 8.2 7.4 10.0
     Vegetable Spray 11.0 9.0 9.6
Fruit and Nut      
     Pecan Drip 11.6 8.8 12.8
     Pecan Sprinkler 14.0 9.0 10.3
     Peach 6.0 6.0 -
     Blueberry 8.0 6.0 7.0
     Grape 11.0 7.0 9.0
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 36.5 28.8 22.5
     Other 0 8.0 -
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 17.5 14.5 16.0
     Nursery Plants 19.0 21.3 25.0
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 27.9 18.6 14.1
       


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