Table 38. Selected Crops Irrigated and Harvested in the Open by Primary Method of Water Distribution - 
United States: 2013 (continued) 
[Excludes area under protection and institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Pressure irrigation distribution systems ' - con. 
Crop 
Center pivot and linear move tower systems 
Other pressure systems 
Less than 15 psi 
1 5 to 29 psi 
30 to 59 psi 
60 psi or more 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Corn for grain or seed 
4.6 
4.1 
24.4 
28.0 
38.5 
44.6 
5.5 
3.6 
1.5 
1.2 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
4.0 
6.7 
16.1 
19.5 
20.6 
28.3 
7.7 
10.4 
1.8 
2.2 
Sorghum for grain or seed 
16.3 
20.6 
47.8 
48.0 
10.6 
11.3 
0.4 
0.8 
2.2 
1.6 
Wheat for grain or seed 
7.4 
7.9 
29.7 
34.2 
22.4 
25.8 
3.3 
4.7 
1.4 
1.3 
Soybeans for beans 
2.5 
1.3 
18.9 
13.7 
37.4 
29.8 
5.7 
3.0 
2.5 
4.9 
Beans, dry edible 
2.9 
5.2 
11.8 
19.5 
20.5 
35.8 
2.0 
3.2 
0.8 
0.7 
Rice 
0.1 
(Z) 
- 
- 
0.2 
0.1 
0.3 
0.2 
0.5 
0.3 
Other small grains 
(barley, oats, rye, etc.) 
3.6 
2.7 
13.9 
25.0 
18.8 
31.3 
2.8 
3.0 
1.8 
1.3 
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures 
(dry hay, greenchop. 
and silage) 
2.8 
3.8 
9.7 
17.3 
13.4 
23.8 
2.7 
3.9 
1.3 
1.7 
All other hay (dry hay. 
greenchop, and silage) 
3.0 
3.7 
7.8 
14.1 
9.4 
10.5 
1.6 
1.9 
2.0 
1.9 
Peanuts 
7.0 
38.1 
38.1 
39.9 
42.2 
6.5 
7.0 
0.2 
(D) 
Cotton, all 
12.9 
26.9 
29.7 
22.1 
20.0 
3.6 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
Land in vegetables 
1.6 
3.5 
12.1 
6.4 
24.1 
1.9 
6.6 
3.1 
0.7 
Selected vegetables: 
Sweet corn 
0.8 
0.9 
4.2 
23.1 
7.6 
32.1 
2.6 
9.7 
1.8 
0.2 
Tomatoes in the open 
0.5 
(Z) 
0.3 
0.3 
2.0 
0.7 
0.5 
(D) 
3.3 
1.1 
Lettuce and romaine 
0.4 
(Z) 
0.9 
1.9 
1.2 
(D) 
0.8 
2.5 
1.3 
0.1 
Potatoes, excluding 
sweet potatoes 
0.7 
1.1 
6.0 
21.0 
12.0 
50.2 
3.4 
10.9 
1.7 
(Z) 
All berries 
1.6 
0.6 
1.5 
0.2 
2.0 
2.2 
0.5 
1.3 
2.1 
1.4 
Land in orchards, vineyards. 
and nut trees 
0.1 
0.1 
1.3 
0.2 
1.6 
0.8 
0.2 
0.1 
1.4 
1.0 
All other crops (see text) 
1.9 
2.2 
5.4 
14.5 
7.8 
18.1 
1.6 
2.2 
7.8 
2.7 
Pastureland, all types 
1.3 
1.8 
3.6 
4.7 
4.6 
6.0 
2.2 
2.5 
1.6 
3.3 
Gravity irrigation distribution systems ^ 
Crop 
Down rows or furrows 
from unlined open ditches 
Down rows or furrows 
from lined open ditches 
Down rows or furrows from 
poly pipe, lay-flat tubing, 
or above or underground pipe 
Controlled flooding within 
field borders from unlined 
open ditches 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Percent 
of 
farms 
Percent 
of 
acres ^ 
Corn for grain or seed 
3.7 
1.9 
1.7 
0.9 
13.2 
12.8 
0.5 
0.3 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
8.3 
9.3 
8.8 
3.8 
15.4 
8.6 
1.7 
1.2 
Sorghum for grain or seed 
1.4 
2.7 
0.7 
1.1 
9.0 
10.1 
0.4 
0.3 
Wheat for grain or seed 
4.2 
4.8 
4.1 
2.3 
5.1 
2.4 
4.8 
3.7 
Soybeans for beans 
1.0 
1.9 
0.3 
0.7 
23.0 
35.6 
2.6 
1.4 
Beans, dry edible 
6.8 
7.1 
9.9 
9.6 
24.5 
8.5 
0.2 
0.2 
Rice 
1.8 
0.9 
0.2 
0.3 
3.3 
3.1 
42.6 
41.0 
Other small grains 
(barley, oats, rye, etc.) 
8.0 
5.8 
3.4 
3.3 
5.0 
3.6 
11.7 
7.7 
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures 
(dry hay, greenchop. 
and silage) 
6.8 
5.5 
3.5 
3.5 
8.4 
4.1 
12.4 
11.2 
All other hay (dry hay. 
greenchop, and silage) 
8.1 
5.3 
1.4 
1.8 
6.3 
3.6 
16.1 
24.3 
Peanuts 
0.1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1.5 
1.8 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
3.2 
3.1 
7.1 
4.6 
10.8 
13.8 
0.7 
1.2 
Land in vegetables 
3.2 
4.1 
0.7 
3.5 
1.8 
1.1 
0.7 
0.8 
Selected vegetables: 
Sweet corn 
5.0 
1.8 
1.3 
2.6 
2.2 
(D) 
0.2 
1.0 
Tomatoes in the open 
2.9 
12.3 
0.1 
(Z) 
1.7 
2.8 
0.2 
2.3 
Lettuce and romaine 
4.2 
0.7 
0.7 
10.8 
1.6 
(D) 
0.1 
(D) 
Potatoes, excluding 
sweet potatoes 
3.4 
1.5 
0.3 
0.3 
1.2 
0.7 
(Z) 
(D) 
All berries 
2.0 
0.3 
- 
- 
1.3 
0.4 
0.2 
1.2 
Land in orchards, vineyards. 
and nut trees 
2.4 
1.0 
0.7 
0.6 
4.5 
2.8 
1.6 
1.8 
All other crops (see text) 
2.6 
4.4 
1.5 
3.7 
2.8 
3.1 
0.7 
16.2 
Pastureland, all types 
10.5 
9.2 
2.1 
1.3 
6.0 
2.4 
11.3 
19.0 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2013 FRIS - Crops Grown in the Open and Pasture Data 181 
