Agricultural Water Issues
This page has information on water management for agriculture. Drought conditions require special attention to the timing and rate of irrigation, as well as the quality of the water being used. Below you will find information, links to publications and other web sites to help you conserve water and maintain productivity.
Extension publications on agriculture water use
Sprinklers, Crop Water Use and Irrigation Time, county-specific fact sheets:- Beaver County
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Davis County
- Duchesne County
- Garfield County
- Grand County
- Iron County
- Juab County
- Kane County
- Millard County
- Morgan County
- Piute County
- Rich County
- Salt Lake County
- San Juan County
- Sanpete County
- Sevier County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Uintah/Dagget Counties
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Weber County
- Drought Response - Agriculture Water Management Alternatives.
Irrigation water quality
- Irrigation water quality testing can be done through the Utah State University Analytical Laboratory. Contact your local county Extension office or the Analytical Lab (435-797-2217)
- Water salinity and crop yield.
Livestock issues
- Analysis of Water Quality for Livestock interpretation guide.
- Dealing with drought and short feed supplies for beef cattle.
- Utah State University Extension Animal Health
- Texas A&M University Cooperative Extension publications.
Other related web sites
The following web sites contain drought, water use, water conservation and water quality information for crop and livestock production.- Utah Department of Agriculture and Food drought help
- Farm Alarm, Coping with Stress
- Texas drought management strategies
- State of Texas, Drought Preparedness Council
- Ohio State University drought site
- Utah Division of Water Rights, consumptive use information tables
- Alabama drought emergency relief effort
- Drought in Georgia
- North Carolina State University drought resources
- North Dakota State University Extension, coping with droughts
- Penn State University drought resources
- University of Wisconsin Extension disaster handbook for Extension Agents
- Washington State University drought alert
- USDA Disaster Assistance links
- Wateright - an educational and irrigation scheduling resource for water managers.