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Water Conservation and Irrigation Efficiency:
A Water Summit for Arkansas Rice Farmers
Brinkley Convention Center
December 14, 2010
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
A Water Summit for Farmers will be held December 14, 2010 at the Brinkley Convention Center, Brinkley, AR, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The summit will feature presentations on water conservation and irrigation efficiency. Speakers will discuss new programs to conserve water and make irrigation of crops more efficient.
Phil Tacker, Irrigation Specialist for Delta Plastics and retired University of Arkansas Extension Agricultural Engineer, will discuss Multiple Inlet Rice Irrigation and the Phaucet Program for Furrow Irrigation.
Gene Simmons, Extension crop production specialist at the Missouri Delta Research Center will present research conducted to evaluate mechanized irrigation on rice. Valley Irrigation, the Missouri Delta Research Center, EMBRAPA (the Brazilian agricultural research service) and Rice Tec have partnered to develop the Circles for Rice program. Gene will talk about the Circles for Rice program and three years of field trial data.
Fred Ferrell, past Missouri Director of Agriculture and present owner of Mid-Valley Irrigation, is a Missouri rice farmer who has developed a successful strategy for raising rice using center pivot irrigation. He will present his cost analysis on the past 10 years production and discuss a successful crop rotation program that he has implemented on his own farm.
Doors will open at 5 pm with a free “Meet and Greet” reception! You can sign up to attend this important event by calling or emailing Ellen McNulty at 870-329-1396 or awf.ellen.mcnulty@gmail.com. You don’t want to miss this important event so call or email today to reserve your seat!
Sponsored by National Wildlife Federation, Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Delta Plastics, and Valley Irrigation
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