Agenda:

This workshop is sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau

8:30 am - Registration

9:00 am - Corn and Soybean Water Demands in Kentucky and the need for Irrigation - Chad Lee, University of Kentucky

9:30  am - A Summary of Center-Pivot Irrigation in Western Kentucky and the Underlying Variables - Glynn Beck, Kentucky Geological Survey & Brad Lee, University of Kentucky (research funded by the Kentucky Geological Survey University of Kentucky)

10:30 am - BREAK, coffee and donuts

10:45  am - First On-Farm Results on Irrigation – Soil Spatial Variability and Its Implications for Variable-Rate Irrigation - Ole Wendroth, University of Kentucky (Research funded  in part by the Ky Corn Growers, Ky Soybean Board and Ky Small Grain Growers)

11:30 am  - Testing Irrigation Schedules in Wet Summers - Carrie Knott, University of Kentucky (research funded in part by the Ky Corn Growers)

Noon - Lunch – Sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau

Please email Colette Laurent (colette.laurent@uky.edu) to register.