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Between 1964 and 2017, corn and soybeans replaced alfalfa and cotton as the most commonly irrigated crops

by R. Aaron Hrozencik and Marcel Aillery
1/12/2022

Irrigation & Water Use
Farm Practices & Management
Natural Resources & Environment
Crops

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Line graph showing harvested acres irrigated in millions of acres from 1964 to 2017 for corn (grain), cotton, alfalfa hay, orchards, and soybeans.

Between 1964 and 2017, corn and soybeans replaced alfalfa and cotton as the most commonly irrigated crops

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