Proceedings of the 2018 Central Plains Irrigation Conference

THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEW GREEN REVOLUTION ........................ 1

Jourdan Bell

THINK YOU UNDERSTAND CENTER PIVOT

SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE - REALLY? .............................. 8

Thomas Marek and Dana Porter

IRRIGATION PUMPS - PRESERVING PERFORMANCE ..................... 15

Derrel Martin

WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN NW KANSAS ................................. 35

Ray Luhman

MONITORING THE IMPACTS OF SHERIDAN COUNTY 6 LOCAL ENHANCED

MANAGEMENT AREA INTERIM REPORT FOR 2013–2016 .................................................... 38

Bill Golden and Kellen Liebsch

ADDRESSING THE BASIC DESIGN ISSUES

OF SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION (SDI).................................. 56

Freddie Lamm, Danny Rogers, and Jonathan Aguilar

FILTRATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR SDI SYSTEMS

IN THE U.S. GREAT PLAINS ...................................................................... 69

Freddie Lamm, Danny Rogers, and Jonathan Aguilar

USING THE K-STATE CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER

AND SDI ECONOMIC COMPARISON SPREADSHEET – 2018 ............ 80

Freddie Lamm, Daniel O'Brien, and Danny Rogers

KSU RESULTS FROM TWENTY NINE YEARS

OF IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION STUDIES USING SDI ............... 89

Freddie Lamm

IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION AND PROFITABILITY UNDER LEMA ALLOCATIONS ...................... 105

Daniel O'Brien and Monte Vandeveer

ADJUSTING IRRIGATION LEASE ARRANGEMENTS TO REFLECT EQUIPMENT OWNERSHIP ............. 120

Monte Vandeveer and Daniel O'Brien

IRRIGATION OF CORN WITH REDUCED WELL CAPACITY .......................... 132

Alan Schlegel, Freddie Lamm, and Isaya Kisekka

IMPACTS OF RESIDUE MANAGEMENT IN IRRIGATED PRODUCTION ................ 140

Joel Schneekloth, Francisco Calderon, and David Nielsen

CURRENT RESEARCH EFFORTS IN CORN TO MAXIMIZE IRRIGATION PRODUCTIVITY ....................... 150

Brian Olson and Mark Reiman

IN-CANOPY VS. ABOVE-CANOPY SPRINKLERS,

WHICH IS BETTER SUITED TO YOUR FIELD? ................................ 157

Steve Melvin and Derrel Martin

KANSAS MDI STUDIES AND WATER TECHNOLOGY FARMS ............................................................... 166

Jonathan Aguilar, Danny Rogers, Bill Golden, A. J. Foster, Tobias Oker and Lucas Haag

DETERMINING CROP SOIL WATER DEFICIT WITH AN UAS .............................. 176

José Chávez and Huihui Zhang

DROUGHT TOLERANT (DT) AND NON-DT CORN PRODUCTION

WITH CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS ....................... 186

Susan O'Shaughnessy, Manuel Andrade, Paul Colaizzi, and Steven Evett

WEB/SMART PHONE BASED CONTROL

& FEEDBACK SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS .............................199

Paul Colaizzi and Susan O'Shaughnessy