University of Delaware Irrigation Field Day
The University of Delaware College of Agriculture & Natural Resources and
Delaware Cooperative Extension will hold an Irrigation Field Day on
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 9 a.m. at the Warrington Irrigation
Research Farm located on the corners of Route 5 and DE 290 Cool Spring
Road/Hurdle Ditch Road, just 4 miles south of Harbeson, Del. (Signs will
be posted.)
The program invites farmers, industry professionals and the general public
to tour UD’s Warrington Irrigation Research Farm. UD Irrigation Engineer
James Adkins along with Sussex County Agent Cory Whaley and Kent County
Agent Phillip Sylvester will present the following:
-First year experiences with Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI)
-The Potential for Variable Rate Center Pivot Irrigation (VRI)
-Soil Moisture Monitoring as a Tool to Refine Irrigation Management
-Irrigated Corn, Full Season and Double
-Soybean Irrigation Research Plots
For more information contact Karen Adams at 302-856-2585 ext. 540
Research Sponsored by DNREC, Delaware Soybean Board, MD Grain Producers,
NRCS and Vincent Farms