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InfoAg 2014 Session

Precision Irrigation - Southern US
Moderator : Chad Higgins
Date/Time : Wednesday, July 30, 2014 | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Room : Grand Ballroom
Speaker
University of Georgia 60%, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (Auburn University) 40%
0133 Bio & Ag Eng -main
Tifton, 31793-5766
229-386-7328

Biography :
I am an Assistant Professor and Extension Irrigation Specialist with an 80% Extension and 20% Research appointment. 40% of my extension time goes to the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (ACES or Auburn University). I hold two degrees from Clemson University, B.S. in Ag. Mechanization, M.S. in Ag. Engineering, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Ag. Engineering. I have a very strong background in all aspects of precision agriculture especially the engineering side, including but not limited to power, machinery, GIS, GPS, zone management and development, remote sensing, and variable rate control. My Ph.D. research focused on fiber quality and foreign matter content of stripper harvested cotton in the High Plains of Texas. Previous to this position I worked full time at OSU as an Extension Engineer (100% extension), mainly focusing on engineering principles behind precision agriculture operations.

Precision Irrigation in the Southeastern U.S. from Beginning to Application

Irrigation is a much needed resource especially in dry crop production years.  As with all technologies we are progressing with our technologies and management strategies for irrigation too.  Precision irrigation is taking standard irrigation and using information to better estimate and calculate the correct timing and amount of water needed for a certain crop in a particular area, at a known time.  Precision irrigation uses data and inputs such as soil type/texture, water holding capacity, crop, soil moisture, crop maturity, and a number of other related parameters to make the irrigation timing and amount estimates.

 

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