Irrigation Management to Increase Your Irrigation I.Q

The irrigation management workshop held on February 9, 2011 was attended my 12 producers from Cypress County as well as one from the County of Forty Mile.

Alberta Agriculture's Irrigation Management Section sent 3 speakers.

Ted Harms, Irrigation Specialist, spoke about irrigation management and the importance of managing water resources to maximize production without wasting water. The type of soil you have is very important in determining how you do this.

You can contact Ted by email at ted.harms@gov.ab.ca

Alan Efetha, Irrigation Agrologist, spoke on the topic of using irrigation as a tool to help manage fusarium. When you irrigate has an affect on the rate of fusarium infection and it is important to plan a head to ensure that you are not causing the problem to get worse.

You can contact Alan by email at alan.efetha@gov.ab.ca

David Hyland, Irrigation Technologist, talked to the group about some of the irrigation modeling tools available to assist producers with the planning process. 

You can contact David by email at dave.hyand@gov.ab.ca

C&H Irrigation sent a representative to speak about some of the new and upcoming technology available for automating pivot operation.

If anyone is interested in participating in an Irrigation Management Field Day to go over any of the above mentioned topics please contact Jason Storch, Agricultural Fieldman at 403-526-2888 or jassto@cypress.ab.ca