Revising estimates of crops' water loss could help conserve groundwater

PHYSorg
Jan 4, 2024, 12:58 pm227 pts
As the state sitting above the largest portion of the United States' largest aquifer, Nebraska relies on groundwater not just for hydrating but irrigating. In growing corn, soybean and other crops, Nebraska farmers irrigate roughly 60% of their fields—more than 8 million acres, the most of any U.S. state.

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