2015
Irrigation Water Management for Southern Region Soybean Growers (1520-732-7233)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
United Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
(none assigned)
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Jason Krutz, Mississippi State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Larry Falconer, (not specified)
Dana Porter, (not specified)
Ronald Levy, Dean Lee Research Station, Louisiana State University
J Trenton Irby, Mississippi State University
H C Lyle Pringle, Mississippi State University
Jeremy Ross, University of Arkansas
Chris Henry, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dharmendra Saraswat, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Joe Henggeler, University of Missouri
Grover Shannon, University of Missouri
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Project Code:
1520-732-7233
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Mississippi State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Unique Keywords:
#soybean irrigation, #water management, #water quality & management
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

• Dissemination of findings via oral and/or poster presentations at state, regional and national agronomy meetings, local grower meetings, and in extension bulletins, peer-reviewed journal articles, popular press articles, and web-based media outlets. A cost benefit analysis will be used in publications and media outlets to help growers understand the improved profitability with IWM practices.
• A more user friendly CHS web-based program will be developed and made available for growers and advisors to develop their own punch plans. Training workshops on the programs use will be conducted.
• A regional irrigation conference will be developed and conducted annually. This workshop will include several key in-depth training opportunities for furrow irrigation such as how to use CHS programs, soil moisture sensors, irrigation scheduling, irrigation termination, and center pivot operation and maintenance training. Specifically collaborators in Texas will be contracted to bring their vast experience to the southern region, so southern region growers with center pivot system can improve their irrigation practices also. Another major focus of the conference will be on irrigation pump maintenance and operation.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.