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1996 Dry Bean Grower Survey of Pest Problems and Pesticide Use in Minnesota and North Dakota |
ER 44 1998 |
Irrigation
Irrigation was used on 8% of Northarvest respondents' acres (Table 3), up from 6% in 1995 and comparable to 9% in 1994. Irrigation was used on 23% of Minnesota respondents' acres, up from 14% in 1995 but less than the 27% figure in 1994 and 40% in 1992 (2,6,7 ). MN2 had the highest percentage of irrigated acres, with 76% of respondents acres irrigated. Irrigation on only 3% of North Dakota respondents' acres was similar to the irrigated acreage in 1995. ND5 had the highest percentage of irrigated acres in North Dakota, but only 16% of respondents' acres in that district were irrigated.
Table 3. Acres irrigated in 1996 by respondents in each
Northarvest district of Minnesota and North Dakota.
Northarvest District |
Acres Irrigateda |
|
Acres |
% of District Acres |
|
| Minnesota | ||
| MN1 | 0b |
0 |
| MN2 | 4,728 |
75.9 |
| MN3 | 1,767 |
32.8 |
| MN4 | 1,713 |
27.9 |
| MN5 | 4,216 |
37.9 |
| MN Total | 12,424 |
22.9 |
| North Dakota | ||
| ND1 | 0 |
0 |
| ND2 | 426 |
1.2 |
| ND3 | 927 |
2.1 |
| ND4 | 260 |
1.1 |
| ND5 | 4,613 |
15.7 |
| ND Total | 6,226 |
2.8 |
| Northarvest Total | 18,650 |
8.3 |
aRespondents’ acres only.
bNo irrigated acres reported for this district.
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