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Trends in U.S. Irrigated Agriculture: Increasing Resilience Under Water Supply Scarcity

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  • Hrozencik, Aaron
  • Aillery, Marcel

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Irrigated agriculture is a critically important component of the U.S. farm economy. Irrigated production expanded significantly over the last century, as public reclamation policy and technological innovations opened new lands to irrigated production.

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  • Hrozencik, Aaron & Aillery, Marcel, 2021. "Trends in U.S. Irrigated Agriculture: Increasing Resilience Under Water Supply Scarcity," Economic Information Bulletin 327359, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersib:327359
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.327359
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