Improving Drip Irrigation Efficiency: Keeping Irrigation Water in the Root Zone

March 7, 2025 1:00PM - 1:50PM

Registration Deadline: March 7, 2025 - 08:00AM

Zoom

Contact: Brenden Kelly, Lyndon Kelley

This session will focus on irrigation scheduling, uniformity testing and other management practices to increase drip irrigation efficiency.  Blue dye testing assures irrigators drip irrigation water is wetting the root zone with minimal loss downward leading to better decisions on equipment and management.

1 Soil and Water Management CEU credit is offered for this session.

The 2025 MI Ag Ideas to Grow With conference will be held virtually, February 24 - March 7, 2024. This two-week program encompasses many aspects of the agricultural industry and offers a full array of educational sessions for farmers and homeowners interested in food production and other agricultural endeavors. While there is no cost to participate, attendees must register to receive the necessary zoom links. Registrants can attend as many sessions as they would like and are also able to jump around between tracks. RUP and CCA credits will be offered for several of the sessions. More information can be found at: https://www.canr.msu.edu/miagideas/

Registration for this specific session is part of the larger overall MI Ag Ideas to Grow With program—by signing up for the overall program, you'll gain access to attend this session along with all other program offerings.

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