Registration open for Nebraska Master Irrigator Design Summits
We are excited to launch Master Irrigator in Nebraska and would like your help to build it! Master Irrigator is a producer-directed comprehensive educational series focused on taking your irrigated acres to the next level. We are hosting a series of Design Summits bringing together farmers, industry, extension, and policy partners. We'll preview and discuss across four key themes:
- Taking your irrigated acres to the next level
- Taking your soils to the next level
- Protecting Nebraska's soil & water
- Transforming data into decisions
Register by selecting the location below:
- February 27, North Platte, West Central Research and Extension Center (402 W. State Farm Rd, North Platte)
- February 13, Central City, Merrick County Fairgrounds (1784 Fairgrounds Rd, Central City)
- February 26, Beatrice, Gage County Extension (1115 W. Scott, Beatrice)
- CANCELED! March 19, O'Neill, Look for potential summer field day!
- CANCELED! Scottsbluff, Look for potential summer field day!
Industry partners & panelists:
They will have informational booths and lunch is provided curtesy of those vendors.
Arable, Bish, CropX, Delta Plastics, Komet, Lindsey, Nelson, Prairie Fire Ag Solutions, Reinke, Senninger, Sentinel, Valley, T-L (NP, CC, B), BioAg Solutions (NP), Yield Plus Agronomics (O)
Policy Panelists:
NRCS, MRNRD, LLNRD, CPNRD, LBBNRD, LBNRD, NNRD, LNNRD, LCNRD, LENRD, LNWNRD, NPNRD, NDEE, NDNR TNC Nebraska
Schedule for the day:
9:00 Registration - Industry booths
9:30 Introductions
9:40 Theme 1: Value of an inch of water
10:10 Irrigation industry panel
10:40 Break/networking
11:00 Theme 1: System peak performance
11:20 Theme 1: TAPS water results
11:40 Theme 1 discussion
12:00 Lunch (courtesy of our industry partners) & overall format discussion
12:20 Theme 2: Soil Health
1:00 Theme 2: N Management
1:30 Theme 2: TAPS N
1:45 Theme 2: Soils discussion
2:00 Industry panel
2:30 Break/networking
2:50 Nebraska's Soil & Water: the foundation of our farms
3:00 Policy & incentives panel: NRCS, NRD
3:20 TAPS grower followed by Theme 3 & 4 discussion
4:00 Adjourn
This event is sponsored by University of Nebraska Extension and USDA-NRCS. Any questions, please reach out to Crystal Powers, Water and Cropping Systems Educator.