Proceedings of the 2009 Central Plains Irrigation Conference

Colby, Kansas, February 24-25

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY PIPELINE FOR CENTRAL PLAINS CONFERENCE R. M. Lawson	1
THE ROLE OF WIND ENERGY IN AGRICULTURE - A COOPERATIVE'S POINT OF VIEW Robert J. Johnson	3
THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (TXHPET) NETWORK Thomas Marek and Dana Porter	6
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON CROP GROWTH IN THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS Rob Aiken	14
GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE EFFECTS ON IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS Terry A. Howell	25
CORN IRRIGATION MACROMANAGEMENT AT THE SEASONAL BOUNDARIES – INITIATING AND TERMINATING THE IRRIGATION SEASON Freddie R. Lamm and Abdrabbo A. Abou Kheira	40
CROP SELECTIONS AND WATER ALLOCATIONS FOR LIMITED IRRIGATION Norm Klocke, Loyd Stone, Troy Dumler, and Steven Briggeman	61
IRRIGATION SCHEDULING USING KANSCHED FOR A RANGE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS Danny Rogers	66
WATER SAVINGS FROM CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT Norm Klocke, Randall Currie, and Troy Dumler	74
CORN AND GRAIN SORGHUM PRODUCTION WITH LIMITED IRRIGATION Norm Klocke, Randall Currie	81
ARE OTHER CROPS BETTER THAN CORN UNDER LIMITED IRRIGATION? Alan Schlegel, Loyd Stone, and Troy Dumler	87
IRRIGATION CAPACITIES IMPACT UPON LIMITED IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND CROPPING SYSTEMS Joel Schneekloth	94
CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER PACKAGE SURVEY RESULTS Danny Rogers, Mahbub Alam and L. Kent Shaw	102
CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER APPLICATION DEPTH AND SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY Dana Porter and Thomas Marek	112
COMPARISON OF GRAIN SORGHUM, SOYBEAN, AND COTTON PRODUCTION UNDER SPRAY, LEPA, AND SDI Paul Colaizzi, Steven Evett, Terry Howell, and R. Louis Baumhardt	122
KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION OF SDI: MINIMIZING PROBLEMS AND ENSURING LONGEVITY Danny Rogers and Freddie Lamm	140
A LOOK AT TWENTY YEARS OF SDI RESEARCH IN KANSAS Freddie Lamm	152
USING THE K-STATE CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER AND SDI ECONOMIC COMPARISON SPREADSHEET - 2009 Freddie Lamm, Dan O'Brien, Dan Rogers, and Troy Dumler	177
REDUCING THE COST OF PUMPING IRRIGATION WATER Derrel Martin, Bill Kranz, Tom Dorn, Steve Melvin and Alan Corr	188
ENERGY SAVINGS USING VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES ON CENTRIFUGAL PUMPING APPLICATIONS John Whaley	198
MONITORING IRRIGATION WATER APPLICATION WITH COMPUTERIZED CONTROLLERS Bill Kranz	198
UPDATE ON NORTHWEST KANSAS WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS Wayne Bossert	207
WATER POLICIES THAT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE Paul Graves	214
STATE POLICY ON CONSERVING GROUND WATER IN KANSAS Susan Stover	240
2009 IRRIGATION CROPLAND LEASE ARRANGEMENTS Dan O'Brien, Todd Ziegler, and Mark Wood	242