Maximizing profit and returns on resources invested can be dependent on the last irrigation application.
Lyndon Kelley (MSU/Purdue Extension Irrigation Educator)
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.
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