Proceedings for 2006 Central Plains Irrigation Conference,
Colby, Kansas, Feb 21-22
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WHERE DID ALL THE IRRIGATORS GO? -- TRENDS IN IRRIGATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS IN KANSAS................................... 1
Eric A. Bernard, Laszlo J. Kulcsar, and Danny H. Rogers,
WATER LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH CENTER PIVOT NOZZLE PACKAGES................................................................................... 11
Terry Howell
IMPACT OF VARIABLE WELL YIELD ON CENTER PIVOT PACKAGES................................................................................................ 25
Dale Heermann
MIL EVALUATION OF CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS............................................................................................................... 35
Danny Rogers, Mahbub Alam, Gary Clark and L. Kent Shaw
PMDI FIELD TEST RESULTS FROM SHERIDAN COUNTY....................................................................................................................... 44
Brian Olson and Danny Rogers
INFLUENCE OF NOZZLE PLACEMENT ON CORN GRAIN YIELD, SOIL MOISTURE
AND RUNOFF UNDER CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION ................................................................................................................................ 51
Joel Schneekloth and Troy Bauder
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION OF SDI SYSTEMS................................................................................................................. 57
Danny Rogers and Freddie Lamm
PROGRESS WITH SDI RESEARCH AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY................................................................................................... 67
Freddie Lamm
USING THE K-STATE CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER AND SDI ECONOMIC COMPARISON SPREADSHEET ................................. 86
Freddie Lamm, Daniel O’Brien, Danny Rogers, and Troy Dumler
SALT THRESHOLDS FOR LIQUID MANURE APPLICATIONS THROUGH A CENTER PIVOT.............................................................. 94
Bill Kranz
LAND APPLICATION OF ANIMAL WASTES ON IRRIGATED FIELDS..................................................................................................... 101
Alan Schlegel, Loyd Stone, H. Dewayne Bond, and Mahbub Alam
A REVIEW OF MECHANIZED IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL WASTEWATER REUSE PROJECTS .... 109
Jake LaRue
EFFECT OF CROP RESIDUE ON SPRINKLER IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT....................................................................................... 115
Norm Klocke, Randall Currie, Troy Dumler
EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND IRRIGATION CAPACITY ON CORN PRODUCTION.................................................................................... 122
Freddie Lamm and Rob Aiken
CROP RESIDUE AND SOIL WATER............................................................................................................................................................. 136
David Nielsen
IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION ECONOMICS AND LAND LEASE ARRANGEMENTS...................................................................140
Troy Dumler
PUMPING PLANT EFFICIENCY, FUEL OPTIONS, AND COSTS............................................................................................................ 148
Danny Rogers
CROP WATER ALLOCATION MODEL – A TOOL FOR EVALUATING IRRIGATED CROP OPTIONS................................................157
Norm Klocke, Loyd Stone, Troy Dumler, Gary Clark, and Steve Briggeman
IRRIGATION OF OIL SEED CROPS...............................................................................................................................................................162
Rob Aiken and Freddie Lamm
CROP WATER USE IN LIMITED-IRRIGATION ENVIRONMENTS............................................................................................................ 173
Loyd Stone and Alan Schlegel
DRY BEAN WATER MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................................................................ 185
Dean Yonts
CROP PRODUCTION COMPARISON UNDER VARIOUS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 189
Paul Colaizzi, Freddie Lamm, Terry Howell, and Steve Evett
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT WITH SALINE WATER................................................................................................................................. 208
Dana Porter and Thomas Marek