Water use for wheat, Rye. and perennials has been 1.5” to 1.8”/ week.
10 articles tagged "irrigation".
The water needs of corn peak in July and taper off in August as we near dent stage.
Over the wide variety of planting and soil-applied herbicide situations, most irrigated producers will gain from an early-season irrigation application. The limiting factor is whether the irrigation system is ready to go.
Before you put the pivot away for the season, use a camera or drone video of pivot water patterns and pipe leaks to greatly help winter irrigation repairs.
At some point in time, precipitation falls short of crop needs and the crop starts to deplete the soil moisture reserve signaling the start of irrigation season.
Irrigators have options for managing N application in wet conditions and late-planted crops.
Maximizing profit and returns on resources invested can be dependent on the last irrigation application.
Hot dry summers sometimes result in quick irrigation investment decisions that may be regretted.
Irrigation scheduling by accounting for changes in available soil moisture provides information on the timing and amount of water to apply to meet crop needs.
Over the wide variety of planting and soil-applied herbicide situations, most irrigated producers will gain from an early season irrigation application somewhere in the operation most years. The limiting factor is often whether the irrigation system is ready to go.
