Idaho is the leading potato producing state in the United States. Practically one-third of the country’s potatoes are grown in the Snake River Plain, a belt of low-lying land that extends throughout southern Idaho.
Image: NASA Earth Observatory
The image above, gotten on July 11, 2022, with the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8, reveals an in-depth view of the farm fields around Idaho Falls.
The injection of volcanic products makes soils in the plain specifically fertile for crop production, however the location gets just about 20 to 30 centimeters (8 to 12 inches) of rainfall a year. Potatoes are specifically conscious dry spell and center-pivot watering is supporting much of the potato fields, as suggested by the green crop circles.
Because the very first Landsat satellite was introduced in 1975, the Idaho Department of Water Resources has actually utilized satellite information to keep an eye on and handle water. According to IDWR, Idaho’s 1.36 million hectares (3.4 million acres) of irrigated farming represent over 98 percent of the water utilized in the state.
Source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov
