Submitted by: agcomm,  Wed Nov 26 10:13:38 1997


                        November 26, 1997
 
Irrigation Workshops Offered in Carrington, Mandan and Grand
Forks 
 
     December workshops sponsored by the North Dakota State
University Extension Service will be offered in Carrington, N.D.,
for people interested in starting an irrigated farm operation,
and in Grand Forks and Mandan for practicing irrigators. 
     The Dec. 16 workshop at the Carrington Research and
Extension Center just north of Carrington will begin with
registration from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and will focus on the
fundamentals necessary to begin irrigating, including identifying
irrigable soils, locating a water supply, obtaining a water
permit, selecting irrigating equipment, irrigation scheduling,
the economics of irrigating and high value crop opportunities.
     The workshop Dec. 11 at the Seven Seas Motel in Mandan will
begin with registration from 8 to 9 a.m. and will include a
commercial irrigation exposition as well as presentations and
discussions for practicing irrigators.  The Dec. 17 workshop at
the Westward Ho Motel in Grand Forks will begin with registration
from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and will offer practicing irrigators
information on irrigation concerns specific to that area. 
     At each location participants may register at the door, and
the number of Certified Crop Advisor Continuing Education Units
available to participants will be announced on the day of the
workshop.  Registration fee is $25 at Mandan, $15 at Carrington
and Grand Forks.  A 1998 NDSU Crop Production Guide is included
in the fee at the workshops in Grand Forks and Carrington.  For
more information contact any county office of the North Dakota
State University Extension Service or call Extension Agricultural
and Biosystems Engineering at (701) 231-7238.
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NDSU Agriculture Communication
Source: Tom Scherer (701) 231-7239
Editor: Barry Brissman (701) 231-7866