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—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 10,1979
Commerce Department plans farm irrigation census
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Current data on the Nation’s
rapidly expanding irrigation
acreage will be collected by
the Bureau of the Census,
U.S. Department of Com
merce, in survey
questionnaires to be mailed
early in January to a sample
of farms and ranches.
The survey follbws and is a
part of the regular Census of
Agriculture conducted this
year. Survey report forms
COCKEYSVILLE, Md. -
Efficient use of fertilizer,
new practices that extend
notill production, and new
sources of energy for farm
use will be topics covered
during the Sixth Annual Mid-
Atlantic No-Tillage Con
ference scheduled for
January 3 at the Hunt Valley
Inn near Cockeysville, Md.
“The conference is
designed to bring farmers
up-to-date on the latest
developments in notill com,
small grain, and forage
production,” says Richard S.
Witmer, of Middletown, Md.,
program chairman.
Witmer points out that
tickets for the conference
are available at all extension
service offices.
Donald K. Myers, Ex
tension agronomist at Ohio
State University, will
discuss notillage drill
developments, placing
emphasis on the newer types
used for forages and small
grains.
Recent findings m field
research on no-till fer
tilization of com will be
presented by V. Allan
will have questions about
irrigation water sources,
quantity used, and
distribution methods. In
addition, information will be
obtained on crop acreage
irrigated, yields, well
numbers and capacities,
pump energy requirements,
and expenses.
The 1979 Farm and Ranch
Irrigation Survey, con
sidered by census officials as
the most detailed data
Latest
sixth annual conference
Bandel, Extension
agronomist at the University
of Maryland.
Edwin M. Wheeler,
president of the Fertilizer
Institue, Washington, D.C.,
will present the topic, “A
New Era in Agriculture.” He
will focus bis remarks on
agriculture in the 1980’s that
previews energy, crop
production, and exports.
Systems which hold the
potential to supply energy
for the 1980’s will be
presented by Dr. Joseph H.
McLain, president of
Washington College.
Notillage practices and
rotations that extend notill
fanning .over more acres
and more farms will be
discussed by Dr. Willis L.
McClellan, Extension
agronomist at The Penn
sylvania State University.
Five farmers who have
bad extensive experience
growing no-till com, small
grains, and forage will
present their findings to
those attending, the
program chairman notes.
They are Neal and Nelly
Survey forms will be
mailed to about 10 percent of
U.S. irrigators. Although
response to the four-page
form is mandatory, census
officials stress the law also
requires that individual
reports be kept confidential.
In no-till on tap at
Springer, of Knox County,
Ohio; John H. Koons, of
Franklin County, Pa.;
Donald Lippy of Carroll
County, Md.; and James
Clark, Jr., of Howard
County, Md. The five will
discuss such topics as no-till
planting in heavy-manure,
collection effort in this field,
is designed to produce
comprehensive statistics on
irrigation for the Nation that
are unavailable from other
sources.
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Only statistical totals will be
published.
If book figures are not
available, officials said that
best estimates will be ac
cepted. The forms should be
returned within 20 days of
receipt m postage paid
envelopes provided by the
Census Bureau. The results
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and new sources of energy
for no-till production.
Witmer said the speaking
program will start at 9:30
a.xn. and conclude at 3:30
p.m. Industry exhibits will
be manned from 8:15 a.m. to
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Irrigation is playing an
increasingly important role
in American agriculture.
The total of irrigated acres
increased from 37 million to
41.2 million during 1964-74.
The and acres of the West
were the greatest users, with
23.5 million acres under
irrigation in 1974.
The region was followed
by the South, 10.8 million
acres; the North Central
States, 6.8 million (nearly
double its 3.6 million in
1964); and the Northeast,
almost 200,000 acres. The
1979 survey is expected to
show another sharp national
increase.
The 1974 Census of
Agriculture showed that only
12 percent of U.S. farms
were irrigated, yet they
accounted for 27 percent of
the value of all agricultural
products sold and 37 percent
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of the value of all crops sold.
In addition, 63 percent of
orchard land and 52 percent
of the acres of all vegetables
harvested for sale are
irrigated.
Bureau officials point out
that: Irrigation is one of the
principal methods of
growing more food on less
land.
Demographers expect the
world population to double to
8 billion persons in 30 years,
while land available for
growing crops remains
almost static. Information
on irrigated crop production
will help to estimate food
supplies available in 2010.
Irrigation accounts for 81
percent of all water con
sumed in the United States.
Since the total supply of
water essentially is un
changeable, its efficient use
is critical to the growth in
many parts of the Nation.
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