The Irrigation Association has released its 2020 irrigation economic impact study: Economic Impact of the Irrigation Equipment and Services Industry. This study was produced in partnership by the Irrigation Association and the Irrigation Innovation Consortium.
The economic impact study was officially released during the Irrigation Show and Education Week in San Diego. The full study and the executive summary are available for review online at irrigation.org/economic-impact-study.
“This new study illustrates the large impact that the irrigation industry has on our economy and how it has grown over the last 10 years,” said Deborah Hamlin, CAE, FASAE, IA CEO.
The 2020 economic impact study focused on determining the economic impact of irrigation manufacturing, distribution, consulting, design, installation, and maintenance of irrigation technologies and products in the United States, for both agricultural and landscape. This follows up a similar study conducted in 2010 that confirmed the size and importance of the irrigation industry but contained little analysis about important economic drivers and other value-added aspects related to irrigation.
Source: Irrigation Association
