This NebGuide discusses corn irrigation strategies options and objectives.

z Soil — plant — water relationships z Water use characteristics z Matching crop demands with water application z Growth stages z Irrigation management z Soil types z Irrigation systems z Summary z References There are over 16 million acres in harvested row crop production in Nebraska. About 8 million of these acres are irrigated. Corn occupies approximately 70 percent of the irrigated acreage, or 5.6 million acres. Given this, improving irrigation management on corn production can have significant positive impacts on the quantity and quality of Nebraska's most precious resource: water. Soil — plant — water relationships Understanding the relationships between plants and their environment is essential to irrigated cor