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Irrigated Agriculture in the United States

Note: Updates to this data product are discontinued.

This data product summarizes the farm-structural characteristics for irrigated farms in each of the 50 States, the 17 Western States (aggregated) and the Nation as a whole, based on USDA's 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS). (See the Documentation for data sources and methods.) The tables are grouped into three sections of sets of tables. Section I covers all irrigated farms; sets of tables are grouped into 18 broad categories, ranging from total irrigation values to higher efficiency irrigation, to irrigated farms receiving technical/financial assistance designed to encourage onfarm water and energy conservation. Sets of tables in Section II cover all irrigated horticulture farms, and tables in Section III cover irrigated horticulture under protection (HUP) farms.

All tables identify specific irrigation characteristics for four farm-size classes, by State and region. The list of tables in each set is found in the first tab of each Excel workbook. 

A previous release of this data product—which summarized the farm-structural characteristics for irrigated farms in the 17 Western States based on USDA's 2008 and 1998 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Surveys—is available in a zipped archive file.

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  • Set 1. Aggregate irrigation farm values for all irrigated farms

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  • Set 2. Average farm-size and water-use statistics (per farm or per acre)

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  • Set 3. Average irrigation statistics (by water source) and purchased water cost statistics (per acre or per acre-foot)

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  • Set 4. Irrigation wells and pumping costs by energy source

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  • Set 5. Scheduled irrigation replacement and maintenance/repair cost statistics

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  • Set 6. Gravity irrigation statistics by system type

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  • Set 7. Pressure-sprinkler irrigation statistics by system type

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  • Set 8. Gravity irrigation by system type and onfarm water-management practice

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  • Set 9. Gravity water-management shares by management practice category

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  • Set 10. Laser-leveled irrigation statistics

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  • Set 11. Shares for higher-efficiency pressure-sprinkler irrigation systems

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  • Set 12. Higher-efficiency gravity irrigation statistics

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  • Set 13. Methods of deciding when to apply irrigation water

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  • Set 14. Sources of information used to reduce irrigation costs or conserve water

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  • Set 15. Barriers to irrigation system improvements

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  • Set 16. Participation in technical and/or financial assistance programs for water/energy conservation

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  • Set 17. Hired and/or contract irrigation labor statistics

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  • Set 18. Irrigation investment participation and/or expenditures by major investment type

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  • Set H1. Aggregate farm values for all irrigated horticulture farms

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  • Set H2. Farms, acres in the open, square-feet area, and water applied for horticulture crops, by water source for horticultural farms

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  • Set H3. Hired and/or contract irrigation labor statistics for irrigated horticulture farms

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  • Set HUP1. Aggregate farm values for irrigated HUP farms

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  • Set HUP2. Irrigated HUP Farms with acres in the open by water source

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  • Set HUP3. Hired and/or contract irrigation labor statistics for HUP farms

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  • Set HUP4. Area (square-feet) irrigated by HUP crop

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  • Set HUP5. Water applied (in gallons) on HUP crops by irrigation system

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  • Set HUP6. Water applied (in acre-feet equivalent units) on HUP crops by irrigation system

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  • Western irrigated agriculture 2008 and 1998 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Surveys (FRIS)

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