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Irrigation and Energy Conservation Field Days & Workshops

Field Stop Topics & Presenters

Agricultural Water Management and Corn Production with High Irrigation Costs and Limited Water

  • Measurement of soil water status for irrigation management
  • Quantification of reference and actual crop evapotranspiration for irrigation management
  • Crop development stages
  • Nebraska Agricultural Water Management Demonstration Network
  • Corn yield response to different levels of irrigation
  • End of season irrigation decision process
  • Steve Melvin, UNL Extension Irrigation Educator
  • Gary Zoubek, UNL Extension Educator

Furrow Irrigation

  • Learn how adjusting advance time ratios can improve application efficiency
  • Understand how surge irrigation can provide automation and improve efficiency
  • See the difference in water application methods
  • Know how to manage furrow irrigation when water supply is limited
  • Chuck Burr, UNL Extension Educator
  • Dean Yonts, UNL Extension Irrigation Engineer

Sprinkler Package Selection and Evaporation Losses

  • Sprinkler water application efficiencies
  • Matching sprinkler packages with field conditions
  • Sprinkler spacing and position issues
  • Effect of crop residue on evapotranspiration
  • Bill Kranz, UNL Extension Irrigation Specialist
  • Simon van Donk, UNL Irrigation/Water Resources Specialist

Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Nebraska

  • See what installing a subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system involves
  • Understand maintenance issues when your system is 12-18 inches underground
  • Learn the potential for saving water, energy and labor using SDI
  • Know how water mangement for SDI differs from center pivot or furrow irrigation
  • Diagnosis problems that can occur when using SDI
  • Suat Irmak, UNL Extension Water Resources Engineer

Update on NRD Integrated Water Management Plans

  • Rod DeBuhr, Upper Big Blue NRD
  • Daryl Andersen, Little Blue NRD

Water Supply & Management Issues

  • Terraces and invasive species studies
  • Management tools for limited water supplies
  • Updates on Republican and Platte River water supplies
  • Future supply and management issues
  • Derrel Martin, UNL Extension Irrigation and Water Resources Specialist

 

Sponsored by:

Nebraska Corn Board      Nebraska Corn Growers Organization

 

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UNL Extension

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.