Animal Ag Water Consumption

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3		Lamsal & Marston 2025 [1]					Marston et al. 2020 [2]					Richter et al. (2020) [3]
4		% of all crops *	% to animal feed	Total consumption for animal feed			% of all crops	% to animal feed	Total blue W for animal feed			% of total C	% to animal feed	Total blue W for animal feed
5	Corn Grain	14.65%	64%	9.38%		Corn Grain	17.28%	64%	11.06%		Corn Grain	13.31%	64%	8.52%
6	Corn Silage					Corn Silage	3.02%	100%	3.02%		Corn Silage	2.80%	100%	2.80%
7	Alfalfa	21.86%	95%	20.77%		Alfalfa	29.65%	95%	28.17%		Alfalfa	13.91%	95%	13.21%
8	Soybean	8.00%	58%	4.64%		Soybean	9.81%	58%	5.69%		Soybean	7.47%	58%	4.33%
9	Other Hay	10.94%	95%	10.39%		Other Hay					Other Hay	5.98%	95%	5.68%
10	Winter Wheat	4.68%				Winter (Other) Wheat	4.63%				Winter Wheat			0.00%
11	Spring Wheat	1.20%				Spring Wheat	0.57%				Spring Wheat			0.00%
12	Total wheat	5.88%	11%	0.65%		Total wheat	5.20%	11%	0.57%		Total wheat	4.87%	11%	0.54%
13	Sorghum	2.25%	72%	1.62%		Sorghum	0.97%	72%	0.70%		Sorghum **		72%	1.00%
14	Barley	1.70%	30%	0.51%		Barley	1.30%	30%	0.39%		Barley	1.04%	30%	0.31%
15	Canola	0.05%	29%	0.01%		Canola					Canola
16	Total All Animal Feed as a share of all crops			47.97%		Total All Animal Feed as a share of all crops			49.60%		Total All Animal Feed as a share of all water			36.4%
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18	* % of all crops = (crop blue / total) * .95										** estimate based on other 2 reports
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20	Corn for ethanol	4.25%		Total C for animal feed		Corn for ethanol	5.01%		Total consumption for animal feed		Corn for ethanol	6.66%		Total consumption for animal feed
21	Cotton	10.49%		as a share of all crops	47.97%	Cotton	7.80%		as a share of all crops	49.60%	Cotton	5.55%		as share of all water	36.40%
22	Total Non-Food C			Total feed crop as a % of all		Total Non-Food C			Total feed crop as a share of all		Total Non-Food C			On farm livestock consumption	2.00%
23	share of all crops	14.74%		water consumption (crops=78%)	37.42%	share of all crops	12.81%		water consumption (crops=78%)	38.69%				Total consumption for animal ag	38.40%
24	share of all water	11.50%		On farm livestock consumption	2.00%	share of all water	9.99%		On farm livestock consumption	2.00%	share of all water	12.21%
25				Share of all U.S. water consumption	39.4%				Share of all U.S. water consumption	40.7%				Share of all U.S. water consumption	38.4%
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27							Average of 3 reports
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29						Crops Specifically Used for Animal Feed			37.5%
30						Animal Ag Total Share (including livestock)			39.5%
31						Non-Food Crops Share			11.2%
32	[1] Lamsal & Marston (2025) Monthly Crop Water Consumption Irrigated Crops in the United States from 1981 to 2019, Water Resources Research, 60, e2024WR038334, Supplement Table S2.
33	[2] Marston, L. T., et al. (2020) Reducing water scarcity by imporivng water productivity in the United Sates, Environ. Res. Lett. 15 094033, Supplement p. 41.
34	[3] Richter, B. D., et al, Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production, Nature Sustainability, Vol 3, 319-328, Table 1, p. 328.
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