2000 Bootheel Irrigation Conference and Tradeshow

Irrigation Conference

4th Annual Bootheel Irrigation Conference
and
Tradeshow

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Note: This year a special event will be added, the 1st Annual Irrigated Vegetable Banquet,, which will take place the evening before!! Both events to be held at Rone Hall, University of Missouri Delta Center, Portageville, MO

Thursday, December 7, 2000  --  IRRIGATED  VEGETABLE BANQUET & TRADESHOW
Irrigated Vegetable Banquet registration 5:00 PM Dinner 5:30 PM Fertigation of vegetables John Buchanan, Univ. Tennessee Irrigation of vegetables Tradeshow 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 


Friday, December 8, 2000  --  BOOTHEEL  IRRIGATION CONFERENCE & TRADESHOW


Registration                                      6:00 AM
Early bird breakfast & Tradeshow                  6:30 AM             08:00 AM


REGULAR SESSIONS


8:00 AM   Introductions                           John Gardner & Tom Counts, MU & NRCS
8:10 AM   Cotton irrigation                       Tom Kerby, Delta and Pine
8:40 AM   Fertigating corn                        Peter Scharf, MU
9:00 AM   Minimum till and irrigation (panel) various farmers, mod: Grover Shannon, MU
9:30 AM   Good yields for gumbo beans             Jan Deregt, grower, Hollanddale, MS
9:50 AM   Soybean irrigation                      Larry Heatherly, USDA/ARS
10:20 AM       Break & Tradeshow
10:35 AM  Infrared sensors for irrig. scheduling  Ken Sudduth, USDA/ARS
10:55 AM  Irrigation scheduling (panel)           various farmers, mod: Joe Henggeler, MU
11:25 AM  Intensive wheat management              Lloyd Murdock, KU
11:45 AM  Bootheel Groundwater Resources          Jim Vandike, DNR
               Lunch & Tradeshow                  12:05 PM            03:30 PM

WORKSHOPS -- choose two. 1st session (1:30-2:20), 2nd session (2:30-3:20)

Scheduling with Ark. Scheduler

Earl Vories & Phil Tacker, AU

--learn how to use computer to schedule irrigations
--ideal amount to apply per irrigation
--show how to obtain FREE copy of Ark Scheduler software
Marketing Strategies

David Reinbott, MU

--market outlook
--strategies for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton & rice marketing
--old crop/ new crop strategies
--seasonal market trends and basis strategies
Irrigation Management

John Hester, Clay Robertson &
Doyle Burch, NRCS

-- adjusting systems for max eff
-- hands on surge valve training
-- discuss how to improve irrigation systems for gumbo soil
-- FREE poly-pipe hole puncher

All events FREE if pre-register by Dec. 6, else $10 at the door. Pre-register at 573-379-5431.

Sponsored by:
Commercial Agriculture Program, University of Missouri
Natural Resources Conservation Service
EQIP Program
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