Proceedings of the 2018 Central Plains Irrigation Conference
February, 20-21, 2018, Colby, Kansas
THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEW GREEN REVOLUTION........................ 1 Jourdan Bell |
THINK YOU UNDERSTAND CENTER PIVOT SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE - REALLY? .............................. 8 Thomas Marek and Dana Porter |
IRRIGATION PUMPS - PRESERVING PERFORMANCE..................... 15 Derrel Martin |
WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN NW KANSAS................................. 35 Ray Luhman |
MONITORING THE IMPACTS OF SHERIDAN COUNTY 6 LOCAL ENHANCED MANAGEMENT AREA INTERIM REPORT FOR 2013–2016 .................................................... 38 Bill Golden and Kellen Liebsch |
ADDRESSING THE BASIC DESIGN ISSUES OF SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION (SDI).................................. 56 Freddie Lamm, Danny Rogers, and Jonathan Aguilar |
FILTRATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR SDI SYSTEMS IN THE U.S. GREAT PLAINS ...................................................................... 69 Freddie Lamm, Danny Rogers, and Jonathan Aguilar |
USING THE K-STATE CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER AND SDI ECONOMIC COMPARISON SPREADSHEET – 2018 ............ 80 Freddie Lamm, Daniel O'Brien, and Danny Rogers |
KSU RESULTS FROM TWENTY NINE YEARS OF IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION STUDIES USING SDI ............... 89 Freddie Lamm |
IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION AND PROFITABILITY UNDER LEMA ALLOCATIONS...................... 105 Daniel O'Brien and Monte Vandeveer |
ADJUSTING IRRIGATION LEASE ARRANGEMENTS TO REFLECT EQUIPMENT OWNERSHIP............. 120 Monte Vandeveer and Daniel O'Brien |
IRRIGATION OF CORN WITH REDUCED WELL CAPACITY.......................... 132 Alan Schlegel, Freddie Lamm, and Isaya Kisekka |
IMPACTS OF RESIDUE MANAGEMENT IN IRRIGATED PRODUCTION................ 140 Joel Schneekloth, Francisco Calderon, and David Nielsen |
CURRENT RESEARCH EFFORTS IN CORN TO MAXIMIZE IRRIGATION PRODUCTIVITY....................... 150 Brian Olson and Mark Reiman |
IN-CANOPY VS. ABOVE-CANOPY SPRINKLERS, WHICH IS BETTER SUITED TO YOUR FIELD?................................ 157 Steve Melvin and Derrel Martin |
KANSAS MDI STUDIES AND WATER TECHNOLOGY FARMS............................................................... 166 Jonathan Aguilar, Danny Rogers, Bill Golden, A. J. Foster, Tobias Oker and Lucas Haag |
DETERMINING CROP SOIL WATER DEFICIT WITH AN UAS.............................. 176 José Chávez and Huihui Zhang |
DROUGHT TOLERANT (DT) AND NON-DT CORN PRODUCTION WITH CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS....................... 186 Susan O'Shaughnessy, Manuel Andrade, Paul Colaizzi, and Steven Evett |
& FEEDBACK SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.............................199 Paul Colaizzi and Susan O'Shaughnessy |