Missouri Farm Facts, Irrigation

Irrigated Farms by Acres Irrigated, Missouri & U.S., 1998 ^1/
	Missouri			United States
	Farms	Acres in Farms	Acres Irrigated	Farms	Acres in Farms	Acres Irrigated
1 to 9 Acres	164	38,754	428	38,255	1,881,557	159,239
10 to 49 Acres	141	52,918	4,657	44,846	8,078,609	1,133,713
50 to 99 Acres	123	120,314	9,557	17,950	10,836,505	1,257,718
100 to 199 Acres	217	173,597	30,779	24,314	18,629,118	3,353,676
200 to 499 Acres	395	419,390	126,938	27,492	39,305,412	8,757,757
500 to 999 Acres	285	468,317	194,586	17,246	34,290,945	11,973,745
1,000 or More	281	660,349	465,646	11,998	62,922,756	23,392,591
Total	1,606	1,933,639832,591	832,591	182,101	175,944,902	50,028,439
1/ 1998 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.

Land Irrigated by Method of Distribution in 1998
	Sprinkler		Gravity Flow		Drip
	Farms	Acres	Farms	Acres	Farms	Acres
Missouri	895	342,009	960	495,250	68	726
United States	83,266	22,962,618	97,843	25,081,456	27,068	2,101,103

Water Applied From All Sources
	Average Acre-feet per Acre in 1988	Average Acre-feet per Acre in 1994	Average Acre-feet per Acre in 1998
Missouri	0.9	0.7	0.7
United States	1.8	1.7	1.8

Total Energy Expense for On-Farm Pumping
	Dollars per Irrigated Acre in 1988	Dollars per Irrigated Acre in 1994	Dollars per Irrigated Acre in 1998
Missouri	11.21	11.26	6.81
United States	30.80	33.68	31.92