Method | Mississippi | Arkansas | Louisiana | National average | ||
Farms (%) | ||||||
Condition of crop (visual) | 47.2 | 48.8 | 56.7 | 43.9 | ||
Feel of soil | 23.9 | 20.6 | 16.5 | 24.8 | ||
Daily crop evapotranspiration (ET) | 9.6 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 | ||
Personal calendar schedule | 7.9 | 10.8 | 13.7 | 10.1 | ||
Soil moisture sensing device | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 4.4 | ||
When neighbors irrigate | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | ||
Commercial or government scheduling device | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | ||
Plant moisture sensing device | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | ||
Computer simulation models | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||
Scheduled by water delivery organization | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.6 | ||
Other | 3.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||