The annual High Plains Irrigation Conference and Trade Show will be organized in the Regency Room of the Amarillo Civic Center, 401 S. Buchanan St. on January 19. This event will be hosted by the Texas Agri Life Extension Service. Morever, the program will be co-sponsored by Agri Life Extension and the Texas Agricultural Irrigation Association which addresses different topics.
Topics and speakers are:
•Information on John Deere Water, Keith Patterson, John Deere Water senior technical services manager, Memphis.
•AquaSpy: Capacitance probe irrigation scheduling, David Sloane, AquaSpy agronomist, St. Louis, Mo.
•Crop Metrics variable rate irrigation, Kevin Abts, vice president of sales and marketing, North Bend, Neb.
•Technologies in center pivot irrigation, Farris Hightower, Lindsay Corporation regional manager, Lubbock.
•Long- and short-term weather insights, Dr. David Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fort Worth.
•Tillage effects on water use, Rick Kochenower, Oklahoma State University, Goodwell, Okla.
•Texas Alliance on Water Conservation Lockney project, Dr. Justin Weinheimer, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
•North Plains Groundwater Conservation District “200-12 Reduced Irrigation on Corn Demonstration,” Harold Grall, Moore County producer.
•Economics of irrigation systems, Dr. Steve Amosson, AgriLife Extension, Amarillo.
•Efficient Profitable Irrigation in Corn or EPIC Project, Kenny.
•Drought tolerant corn research, Dr. Brent Bean, AgriLife Extension agronomist, Amarillo.
The trade show will comprise booths from the irrigation industry, area groundwater districts and educational institutions.
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