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

Gordon Sloggett

No 307663, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: In 1974, U.S. farmers irrigated over 35 million acres with water pumped from wells and from rivers and lakes. About 260 trillion Btus of energy costing $594 million were required to pump the water. Electricity was used to pump water on 15.6 million acres followed by natural gas, 10.6 million; diesel, 3.9 million; LPG, 3.3 million; and gasoline, 1.5 million acres

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45
Date: 1977-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307663

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