February 11, 2021
R. Aaron Hrozencik, Steve Wallander, and Marcel Aillery, Economic Research Service, Economists
Every farmer needs adequate water for their crops. In some U.S. regions, farmers must rely on irrigation to have enough water for their crops. The 2017 Census of Agriculture reports farms with some form of irrigation accounted for 54% of the total value of crop sales (PDF, 121 KB). With water being...
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