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Mark Pflugmacher with irrigation equipment at his farm just outside of Gifford, Ill., on November 29.
Lack of irrigation reporting leaves uncertain future for Illinois groundwater
Almost 1,000 pivots have been installed in counties statewide in the past four years as a result of higher crop prices and the demand of seed corn companies, an almost 20 percent increase in overall irrigation that equals the use of more than half a million people each year.
