Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1993 2008
CONVERSION RATE TO DRIP IRRIGATION
• By1996
y the technology
gy was p
proven and the “push”
p was on
– Lots of drip acres were added from 1996 through 2006
– The EQUIP Program in the farm bill funded a lot of this growth
• By 2007 90% of the acres I serviced in the “pump” areas were watered with drip
irrigation
– In 2008 I looked at over 10,000 acres of drip crops
– We have grown just about any crop you can think of under drip irrigation
WHAT DRIP CAN DO FOR THE FARMER
• 1993 16 tons @ $
$275 = • 2005 33 tons @ $
$295 =
$4400.00/acre $9735.00/acre
• 2000 • 2008
Typical
yp cropping
pp g ppattern p
prior to drip
p
cotton
wheat
fallow
2005
1993
WHAT DRIP CAN DO TO THE CONSULTANT
• H bi id options
Herbicide ti are lilimited
it d iin a di
diverse cropping
i system
t
• You farm the same beds year after year so you’ve got to be careful what you
put on them
– COTTON - 20-23”
– CHILE – 26-33”
– WHEAT – 32”
– MILO (FULL) – 24”
– MILO (SHORT) – 12-18”
– ONIONS – 39
39”
– CORN – 30-36”