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Irrigated acres for soybean, mostly used for animals, has jumped eightfold.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

Irrigated acreage for corn, about half of which goes toward animal feed, jumped sixfold between 1964 and 2017, federal numbers show.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

Irrigated agriculture in the Arizona desert peaked in the 1950s and has steadily declined as urbanization’s water demand has exploded.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2014

Irrigated land values were up 21.9 percent and ranchland prices appreciated 14.3 percent.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2012

Irrigated land: The figure refers to the number of km 2 that is artifically supplied with water.

From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency