AgriLife Research Plans Corn Irrigation Field Day

ETTER – The Texas North Plains Corn Irrigation Research and Extension Field Day has been scheduled for Aug. 25, and the theme will be “Working Together to Make a Difference.”


The day will be divided into two parts, with the morning session taking place at the Texas AgriLife North Plains Research Field at 6045 Road E. north of Dumas, and concentrating on limited-irrigation research on corn.


The field day will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:15 a.m., according to Thomas Marek, Texas AgriLife Research senior research engineer and superintendent of the research field.


The second half of the day will be an irrigation technology tour and meeting in the Sherman County Exhibit Building in Stratford, said David Graf, Texas AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent for Sherman County.


Topics will include corn plant and root development, upcoming drought-tolerant corn varieties and their water-use efficiency, soil-moisture capacitor probes, crop infrared sensors, irrigation computer modeling and gypsum blocks.


A trade show begins at 1:30 p.m., followed by the program from 2:30-7:30 p.m., including a field tour and steak dinner.


“Our theme this year is Working Together to Make a Difference,” said Dr. Wenwei Xu, AgriLife Research corn breeder from Lubbock. “Producing 200 bushels per acre of corn with 12 inches of irrigation is a very challenging task. It requires all — research, extension, university, federal, water district, producers, industry and policy makers – to work closely together.”


Morning speakers and their topics will include:


– David Gibson, Texas Corn Producers Board, Corn-producer needs and funded research.


– Dan Krienke, North Plains Groundwater Conservation District president, district updates.


– Dr. David Brauer, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ogallala Aquifer Program update.


– Mike Caldwell, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Water efficiencies through technical assistance/Environmental Quality Incentives Program.


A tour of the research fields will take place from 9:45-11:45 a.m., with Xu discussing the corn-breeding research and limited irrigation. Marek will then discuss the research being done under the water district’s Corn 12-200 project, aimed at growing 200 bushels of corn per acre with 12 inches of irrigation.


The noon meal and program will be sponsored by the Texas Corn Producers Board and North Plains Groundwater Conservation District.


Following the close of this portion of the field day, attendees are invited to travel to Stratford for the afternoon portion, where presenters will discuss irrigation in more detail.


For more information, contact Marek at 806-677-5600 or tmarek@ag.tamu.eduor Xu at 806-746-6101 or wxu@ag.tamu.edu.

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