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A Utah grower uses NRCS resources to


help solve an irrigation problem on his farm.


griculture producers are well aware that crop or pasture production requires several ingredients for their crop to thrive — including


seed, weather, soil and numerous other inputs. In the mountainous regions of the nation, especially in the West, water for the crops is often the limiting factor in production.


Water is so precious that the managers of land in the West play key roles in finding ways to capture all possible precipitation and store it for irrigation purposes. After storing the water has been accomplished, efficient delivery of the stored water to the field is critical. Many of our systems lack the ability to deliver water efficiently to the field, let alone spread the water efficiently across the field.


In the mountainous regions of the nation, especially


in the West, water for the crops is often the limiting factor in production.


By Brent Campbell, PE, and Mark Monsen irrigationtoday.org


The Natural Resources Conservation Service, an entity of the United States Department of Agriculture, has the authority granted through the 2018 Farm Bill legislation to provide funding for projects that conserve the natural resource elements of our environment. The mission of the NRCS is “Helping people help the land.” Some of the highest resource preservation needs in the West may, in fact, be irrigation waters.


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