Proceedings of the 2014 Central Plains Irrigation Conference

February, 25-26, 2014, Burlington, Colorado

UPDATE ON REPUBLICAN RIVER COMPACT ISSUES Dick Wolfe	1
THE FUTURE OF IRRIGATION ON THE U.S. GREAT PLAINS Steven Evett, Paul Colaizzi, Susan O'Shaughnessy, Freddie Lamm, Tom Trout, and Bill Kranz	2
COLORADO IRRIGATION SCHEDULER Allan Andales	26
IMPACT OF DROUGHT GENETICS ON IRRIGATED CORN PRODUCTION Joel Schneekloth, David Nielsen, and Rob Aiken	34
SUCCESSFUL SDI - ADDRESSING THE ESSENTIAL ISSUES Freddie Lamm, Danny Rogers, Jonathan Aguilar, and Isaya Kisekka	40
SDI FOR CORN PRODUCTION - A BRIEF REVIEW OF 25 YEARS OF KSU RESEARCH Freddie Lamm and Danny Rogers	55
USING THE K-STATE CENTER PIVOT SPRINKLER AND SDI ECONOMIC COMPARISON SPREADSHEET - 2014 Freddie Lamm, Dan O'Brien and Danny Rogers	67
NO-TILL CROP ROTATIONS WITH LIMITED IRRIGATION Alan Schlegel, Loyd Stone, Troy Dumler, and Freddie Lamm	77
EXAMINING THE TOOLBOX FOR DEFICIT IRRIGATION OF GRAIN AND OILSEED CROPS Freddie Lamm	82
SOIL WATER SENSING - FOCUS ON VARIABLE RATE IRRIGATION Steven Evett, Paul Colaizzi, Robert Schwartz and Susan O'Shaughnessy	99
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR VARIABLE RATE IRRIGATION Jake LaRue	110
USING A HANDHELD IRT TO DETERMINE CROP WATER STRESS AND USE José L. Chávez, Emily Kullberg, and Brenna Mefford	115
A WEB-BASED TOOL THAT COMBINES SATELLITE AND WEATHER STATION OBSERVATIONS TO SUPPORT IRRIGATION SCHEDULING Tom Trout, Forrest Melton, and Lee Johnson	126
INFRARED THERMOMETRY AS A TOOL FOR SITE-SPECIFIC IRRIGATION SCHEDULING Susan O'Shaughnessy, Steven Evett, and Paul Colaizzi	136