Presentations
T10
Soil & Water
Tue, Dec 13, 2022
10:00am to 10:50am
T3
Soil & Water
Tue, Dec 13, 2022
3:00pm to 3:50pm
Fertigation and Chemigation- Maximizing Efficiency While Protecting the Water Resource
A well designed and maintained irrigation system offers the opportunity for safe and timely application of pesticides and nutrient. Having the required injection pump, backflow safety equipment and safety interlocks in place before the cropping season positions producer to maximize the benefits of their irrigation investment. We will look at equipment, planning, timing, and limitation of chemigation and fertigation with an emphasis on fungicide product labels and nitrogen applications as an example.
Speaker
Lyndon Kelley
Lyndon Kelley has served as an Irrigation Educator for MSU and Purdue Extension for the past twelve years working in the areas of irrigation management and water policy. He has provided irrigation design and management education to producers and industries relying on the 1.2 million acre of irrigated land shared by the two States. With thirty-five years of commercial corn, soybean, seed corn, and vegetable irrigation experience Lyndon has learned to look for the increased yield and reduces risk irrigation can provide without endangering natural resources.