Our field research team has been working to investigate precise and efficient irrigation practices and technologies, develop user-friendly irrigation scheduling tools, and identify best management practices for limited irrigation contexts.
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Deficit irrigation; full irrigation; DSSAT; winter wheat; grain sorghum; maize
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Wheat yield simulations; irrigation application rates; N application rates
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Subsurface drip; yield response & uniformity; lateral spacing offset; semi-arid systems
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Variable irrigation rates impact on soil water content, sorghum evapotranspiration and yield.
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corn, extension, irrigation, input efficiency, nitrogen, Nebraska, yield
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deficit irrigation, irrigated production systems, corn, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, review
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Irrigation management, soybean production, modeling, Texas High Plains
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corn, yield response to irrigation, eastern Colorado, irrigation management, modeling
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sorghum, irrigation management, modeling, western Kansas
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soil health, irrigated systems management, dryland systems management, resilience, water management
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mobile drip irrigation, corn yield, irrigation management, western Kansas
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irrigation management, irrigated systems management, limited irrigation, corn, modeling, western Kansas
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climate change, irrigated systems management, corn, western Kansas, yield, water productivity
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crop rotation, yield, water use, limited irrigation, irrigated systems management, western Kansas
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wheat, irrigated systems management, water stress, key growth stages, western Kansas, climate
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pre-plant irrigation, corn, irrigated production systems, modeling, western Kansas, irrigation capacity
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land retirement; conservation easement; irrigation; water conservation; well capacity; socioeconomics; incentives; Republican River Basin; Colorado
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optical sensing, nitrogen management, corn, irrigated production systems, irrigation management
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chemigation; nitrogen; irrigation management; software tool; Nebraska; variable rate technology
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Clay soils; Nebraska; soil moisture sensors; calibration; soil moisture; irrigation management
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soil moisture sensors, Nebraska, loam soil, calibration, irrigated production systems, irrigation management, soil water content, soil moisture monitoring
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Cotton; Texas High Plains; Southern High Plains; crop modeling; evapotransporation, lint yield
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MDI - LEPA - LESA comparison
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Part I of 2-part study
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February 2019: Optimizing Ogallala Aquifer Water Use to Sustain Food Systems
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Understanding producers’ attitudes towards groundwater & conservation
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Interreplicate variability helps explain some sensors’ data output errors for soil volumetric water content
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High Plains Aquifer; water resource economics; water use; climate change; irrigation; energy
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price expectations; pumping decisions; irrigation; profit maximization
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Ogallala aquifer; drought; risk management; agriculture; weather; crop insurance
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This study provides results from a four-year experiment that took place from 2010-2013 near Plainview, TX. We analyzed the…
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Land use suitability & economic impacts; groundwater depletion; water management; soil capability
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Contingent valuation; groundwater; climate change; Ogallala aquifer
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Finney County, Kansas; groundwater modeling; DSSAT-MODFLOW; Irrigation; Integrated modeling
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How long to recoup costs under different cropping scenarios?
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Cover crop research from eastern New Mexico.
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corn, wheat, grain sorghum, Finney County, Kansas, irrigation, well capacity, profit, downside risk, climate change, aquifer depletion
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subsurface drip irrigation; SDI; corn; grain sorghum; lateral spacing offsets; semi-arid; Southern Great Plains
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Kansas; corn; grain sorghum; wheat; crop rotation; limited irrigation; profitability; supplementary irrigation; sustainability
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