EVALUATING ENERGY USE FOR PUMPING IRRIGATION
2018-6-3u2002·u2002The cost to pump irrigation water depends on the type of energy used to power the pumping unit. Electricity and diesel fuel are used to power irrigation for about 76% of the land irrigated in the region. Nebraska uses electricity or diesel fuel to power pumping plants used to irrigate approximately 7.58 million acres of cropland.
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