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Outlook for Energy and Implications for Irrigated Agriculture
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Outlook for Energy and Implications for Irrigated Agriculture
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| Creator |
Patton, W. P.
Lacewell, R. D. |
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| Description |
Agriculture uses large quantities of energy to pump groundwater for irrigation. This means the cost of energy has important implications for the industry in terms of costs and profitability. Increases in the prices of energy sources such as natural gas, electricity, liquid petroleum gas and diesel can cause economic hardship for irrigators, particularly if those increases are unanticipated. The purpose of this paper is to briefly summarize important trends in the current domestic energy...
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| Publisher |
Texas Water Resources Institute
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| Date |
2007-12-10T20:53:30Z
2007-12-10T20:53:30Z 1977-09 |
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| Type |
Technical Report
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| Identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/6294
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| Language |
en_US
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| Relation |
TR-87
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