Irrigation in Iowa
July 31, 2012

The drought has been so long-lasting and so deep in Iowa that some farmers are starting to irrigate their crops. This practice wouldn't seem unusual in the western half of our territory -- Nebraska is the most-heavily-irrigated state in the nation. Iowa, by contrast, is almost entirely non-irrigated -- less than 1% of the land is irrigated. So to hear even some anecdotal evidence that Iowa farmers are turning to irrigation is a big change.

Related items: portable pumps for irrigation • vertical-turbine pumps • canal gates for gravity irrigation

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