Irrigation on Agriculture

 

Agriculture has become a powerful industries to be in and it has really helped the economy and world we live in. In my first blog post I talked about the upbringing of agriculture and I felt like that was a pretty good base for later posts to come. The article I read was talking about investing more time and money into agriculture data. The USDA thinks investing more time into collecting data for farmers and other crop growers would help with supply and demand and it would help others understand more about agriculture. Thinking more in depth about the irrigation systems and how water supply is important for crops to grow and for farmers to have a good number of crops. 95% of water for irrigation systems are delivered to those farmers and they use it for all of their primary functions. The irrigation systems that farmers use are mainly underground systems and the use of these help them manage how much water is used and how often they use them. The data the USDA uses helps every year understand how much water is needed and how much they need to keep producing their certain number of crops. This production helps keep everyone fed and helps the economy. 


https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/02/11/usda-invests-data-agricultural-irrigation-improvements

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  1. Jessica S.February 19, 2021 at 9:17 PM

    I think it is genius they are starting to want to invest more money into agriculture data. Sometimes I do not think people realize how important agriculture is to the world. With the climate constantly changing agriculture is being greatly effected. I discussed in my blog about how our temperature is rising and affecting our water supply, so with the USDA calculating water usage and how much is needed we can make sure the crops are always getting proper water even with the droughts occurring. If more farmers are able to have irrigation systems, they will no longer have to suffer through crop waste due to droughts.

    Jessica S

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