Irrigation costs and requirements

Will irrigation pay? How much is your present irrigation system really costing you, and is it worthwhile? Answers these questions via results of three easy but extremely complete modules: Cost analysis of irrigation, annual operating expenses, and annual ownership expenses. Pinpoints total irrigation costs, cost per acre-inch of water applied, cost per hour of pumping, value of irrigated crops needed to make irrigation with its extra costs as profitable as dryland, total irrigated production needed to break even with dryland farming, yield per acre required to break even, and estimated additional income per acre and overall due to irrigation. Also includes gallons per minute water requirement or pump capacity.  AG143 $18