Cutting edge irrigation systems are in the spotlight as part of the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation's 19th Annual Field Day. This year’s event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday (Aug. 29) at the farm of Lloyd and Angela Arthur in Ralls, Texas.
“TAWC cooperating producers will speak about their crop and irrigation transitions through the last 10 years of declining irrigation and challenging weather,” said TAWC Project Director Samantha Borgstedt. “We’ll also visit the fields to see technologies used in the project and hear from Autonomous Pivot and Goanna Ag representatives.”
Funded by a grant from the Texas Water Development Board, TAWC operates as a partnership of producers, technology firms, universities and government agencies working to extend the life of the largest subterranean aquifer in the United States. Stretching from the Texas panhandle in the south to the northern boundary of Nebraska, the Ogallala Aquifer lies beneath one of the most important agricultural regions in the United States.
The project uses on-farm demonstrations of cropping and livestock systems to compare the production practices, technologies, and systems that can maintain individual farm profitability while improving water use efficiency with a goal of extending the life of the Ogallala Aquifer while maintaining the viability of local farms and communities. All production-related decisions are made by the more than 20 producers involved in the project.
CONTACT: Samantha Borgstedt, Project Director, Texas Alliance for Water Conservation, Texas Tech University at (806) 789-4177 or samantha.borgstedt@ttu.edu
0812NM24 / Editor's Note: For more information on this year's Texas Alliance for Water Conservation Field Day, contact Samantha Borgstedt at (806) 789-4177 or samantha.borgstedt@ttu.edu