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November
23, 2005
Four Irrigators
Workshops Scheduled
The North Dakota State
University Extension Service has organized four workshops for irrigators
in the next two months.
The workshop dates,
locations and topics to be covered are:
- Dec. 8, Best Western
Ramkota Inn, Bismarck, held in conjunction with the North Dakota Water
Convention - Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) funding
for irrigation, fertilizer strategies in a high-priced environment,
pumping energy sources, variable frequency drives for irrigation pumps,
irrigation water management, irrigated pasture management, center pivot
sprinkler packages, nitrogen and yield goals, and new alfalfa varieties
- Jan. 4, Ernie
French Center, Williston Research Extension Center - irrigation needs
in western North Dakota, including EQIP funding for irrigation, irrigation
scheduling, alfalfa management for high-quality hay, fertility research
related to barley, water quality and salinity control, sprinkler nozzle
sizing, variable frequency drives for irrigation pumps, and Canadian
researchers’ findings on timothy and legume production and crop
varieties that work under irrigation
- Jan. 10, Masonic
building, Cando – answers to questions resulting from interest
in irrigation spurred by the Devils Lake Water Utilization Test Project,
including EQIP funding for irrigation, irrigation scheduling methods,
management of center pivots, irrigated corn production, alfalfa varieties
for irrigation, optimizing nitrogen rates, chemigation, and an update
on the progress and implementation of the irrigation part of the test
project
- Jan. 11, Farmers
Union building, Jamestown - information for irrigators in the surrounding
area, such as Kidder County, Oakes and the Page aquifer, including soil
fumigants, alfalfa varieties, EQIP funding for irrigation, new irrigated
crop budgets, variable frequency drives for irrigation pumps, update
on groundwater resources in the area, fertilizer strategies in a high-priced
environment, irrigated potato research update and irrigated corn production
The NDSU Extension
Service, Missouri Slope Irrigation Development Association, North Dakota
Irrigation Association and North Dakota Water Users are sponsoring the
Dec. 8 workshop.
Participants can register
at the door at each workshop. Registration will begin about 8 a.m. in
Bismarck and 8:30 a.m. at the other sites. The registration fee is $20
for the Bismarck workshop and $10 for each of the others.
For more information,
visit the Web site at www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/upcoming.htm,
contact any county office of the NDSU Extension Service or call the NDSU
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at (701) 231-7239.
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Source:
Tom Scherer, (701) 231-7239, tscherer@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Editor: Ellen Crawford, (701) 231-5391, ecrawfor@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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