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Integrated Irrigated Crop–Livestock Systems in Dry Climates

^a Dep. of Plant and Soil Sci., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409
^b Dep. of Agric. Educ. and Communications, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409
^c Dep. of Agric. and Appl. Econ., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409

View larger version (78K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Global distribution of nonpolar arid and semiarid land (adapted from USGS, 1997).

View larger version (47K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. The Ogallala Aquifer of the U.S. High Plains.

View larger version (25K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 3. System design for a cotton monoculture and an integrated cotton–forage–livestock system (adapted from Allen et al., 2005).

View larger version (30K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Precipitation and temperature during Year 6, 7, and 8 comparing a cotton monoculture with an integrated cotton–forage–livestock system and the long-term precipitation (1911–2004) and temperature (1971–2000) for Lubbock, TX (about 16 km from research site).