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Energy and U.S. Agriculture: Irrigation Pumping, 1974-80

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Land irrigated with onfarm pumped water increased 7.5 million acres to 42 million acres from 1974 to 1980. Sharply higher energy prices pushed energy pumping costs from $570 million to $1.9 billion. Pump irrigators are applying energy-saving technologies such as low-pressure center pivots, which alone saved about $42 million in 1980. Favorable economic conditions could lead to 3 to 4 million additional pump-irrigated acres in the water-short Great Plains by the year 2020 and significant increases in the more humid Eastern United States.

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  • Sloggett, Gordon, 1982. "Energy and U.S. Agriculture: Irrigation Pumping, 1974-80," Agricultural Economic Reports 307925, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307925
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307925
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    1. Economics Management Staff & Office of Governmental and Public Affairs & Economic Research Service & Agricultural Cooperative Service & Food and Nutrition Service & Foreign Agricultural Service & Huma, 1982. "1982 Handbook of Agricultural Charts," Miscellaneous Publications 330263, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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