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IRRIGATION DATA

Irrigation Amounts by Crop - 2004
Summarized for the 13 counties of the Upper Oconee WPR



2004
2008


  2000 2004 2008
Row Crops      
     Cotton 9.3 6.8 11.8
     Peanut 9.7 8.7 9.0
     Corn 15.0 11.2 11.0
     Soybean 7.3 7.0 5.7
     Tobacco 13.0 10.0 -
     Small Grain 7.7 8.7 4.8
Hay and Pasture      
     Pasture 16.5 6.5 8.8
Vegetables      
     Vegetable Drip 18.0 10.7 10.0
     Vegetable Spray 13.5 11.0 10.0
Fruit and Nut      
     Pecan Drip 16.5 14.7 14.0
     Peach 16.0 0 12.0
     Blueberry 9.8 10.4 10.3
     Grape 9.5 12.0 -
Specialty Irrigation      
     Greenhouse 28.7 24.0 24.0
     Other 12.5 14.3 -
Crops for Landscapes      
     Sod Production 28.0 14.8 25.2
     Nursery Plants 21.7 19.7 15.8
Non-Agriculural Areas      
     Golf & Athletic 40.5 21.9 21.1
       


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