Conserving irrigation energy in the Northeast

Extract: During the past year, ERS has investigated why supplemental irrigation is not practiced by more farmers in the East. the one example of extensive supplemental irrigation in a humid State is Florida, which contains over half of the irrigated acreage in the 26 States east of the Mississippi R...

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Published inJournal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 67 - 74
Main Author Lea, D.M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newark, DE Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 01.10.1977
Subjects
costs and returns
efficiency
energy
irrigation
natural resource management
Northeastern region
water resources
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Summary:Extract: During the past year, ERS has investigated why supplemental irrigation is not practiced by more farmers in the East. the one example of extensive supplemental irrigation in a humid State is Florida, which contains over half of the irrigated acreage in the 26 States east of the Mississippi River although it has the second highest average annual rainfall in the nation. although discussed in the last section, the main purpose here is not the potential for expanding supplemental irrigation, but to discuss ways of conserving energy with the irrigation already practiced in the Northeast.
ISSN:0163-5484
1068-2805
2398-4635
DOI:10.1017/S0163548400001655