Effective Use of Water in Irrigated Agriculture

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June 10, 1988
Task Force Report

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/6e53z958

Task Force Chairs

Marvin E. Jensen

Director, Colorado Institute for Irrigation Management, (Formerly, Agricultural Research Service, USDA)

Authors

Michael Boswell

Hardie Irrigation

John E. Carlson

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho

Gylan L. Dickey

Soil Conservation Service, USDA

Jerry D. Eastin

Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska

James R. Gilley

Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Nebraska

Terry A. Howell

Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Gordon Kruse

Agricultural Research Service, USDA

John Letey, Jr.

Department of Soil and Environmental Science, University of California

William M. Lyle

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

John H. Peverly

Department of Agronomy, Cornell University

Don Scott

Department of Agronomy, University of Arkansas

Robert C. Sears

Irrigation Association

Ronald E. Sneed

Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University

Abstract

This report provides a comprehensive description of irrigation in the U.S. and basic principles of irrigation management, addressing many significant problems with the use of water in irrigated agriculture.

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