Furrow Irrigation Helps
Conserve Water
Amanda Huber
Southeast
"Normally, the rains stop the second week in June until around early to mid-August," he says. Kelly, who produces cotton on 800 to 1,200 acres of mostly irrigated land, depends on his rotation cycle and economic forces.
"The lake for our irrigation district holds about 135,000 acre-feet of water," he adds. "About the last week of June or the first week of July, we will see how much water is there."
Based on assessed acres, each producer gets a water allocation.
"We start irrigating around the first week in July and stop around the first week in September," he says. "But, we can't get the water immediately. It's 35 miles to the lake, and it takes 24 hours for it to run from the lake to here."
source : cottonfarming
Conserve Water
Amanda Huber
Southeast
"Normally, the rains stop the second week in June until around early to mid-August," he says. Kelly, who produces cotton on 800 to 1,200 acres of mostly irrigated land, depends on his rotation cycle and economic forces.
"The lake for our irrigation district holds about 135,000 acre-feet of water," he adds. "About the last week of June or the first week of July, we will see how much water is there."
Based on assessed acres, each producer gets a water allocation.
"We start irrigating around the first week in July and stop around the first week in September," he says. "But, we can't get the water immediately. It's 35 miles to the lake, and it takes 24 hours for it to run from the lake to here."
source : cottonfarming
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