June 12, 2008 - TNC Irrigation Training
This training session is being organized for staff of The Nature Consevancy and SIRP. It is being organized by David Reckford who manages the Flint River Basin Program, a partnership of The Nature Conservancy, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District.

June 24, 2008 - Mitchell County 4-H Summer Class
A class on water resources planned by Jennifer Grogan, UGA Cooperative Extension Service, Mitchell County.

July 15, 2008 - Irrigation Field Day
UGA and USDA research and extension specialists will discuss ongoing irrigation and technology used in scheduling irrigation at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park.

July 24, 2008 - IGEL Tour & Luncheon
UGA research and extension specialists will discuss current irrigation and technology research projects at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park during a stop on their tour. The event will be hosted for the UGA Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership.

September 3-5, 2008 - Humid Region Irrigation Research Group
Research and extension specialists from the entire Southeast will meet in Tifton, Ga. As a part of their research review, tours and demonstrations will be held at at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Park and CPES Lang Farm.

November, 2008 - Automating Center Pivots
High fuel prices and additional tightening of labor and operating costs have renewed interest in methods to automate or remotely monitor and control center pivot systems. Manufacturers and dealers will display latest technology to save time and money for irrigators. Date and details will be released soon.




June 10, 2008 - SW Georgia Agents update on the Farm Bill
Sponsored by the SW Georgia District of the UGA Cooperative Extension Service.

May 22, 2008 - UGA Crop Modeling Tour
Sponsored by the DSSAT modeling team and UGA for participants in the 2008 Crop Modeling Training held at Griffin. This South Georgia leg was organized by Joel Paz.

May 22, 2008 - Young Farmers Irrigation Management Training
Sponsored by the Georgia Young Farmers and organized by Floyd Peters.

March 21, 2008 - Farm Bureau Awareness Tour
Sponsored by the Georgia Farm Bureau, Wanda Faircloth organizing.

February 19 and 26, 2008 - Soil Water and Irrigation Management Training
Sponsored by the Flint River Soil and Water Management Distrist, SIRP and The University of Georgia. Organized by David Reckford.

August 12, 2007 - IGEL Tour & Luncheon
UGA research and extension specialists discussed current irrigation and technology research projects at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park during a stop on their tour. The event was hosted for the the UGA Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership.

September 12, 2005 - Humid Region Irrigation Field Tour
UGA and USDA research and extension specialists discussed their ongoing irrigation and technology research projects at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park and the USDA National Peanut Lab. The event was hosted for the S1018 Regional Research Project participants.

August 15-16, 2005 - South Georgia Cotton Tour
UGA and USDA research and extension specialists discussed current cotton irrigation and technology research projects at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park during a stop on their tour. The event was hosted for the Louisana Cotton Growers group.

August 12, 2005 - Georgia Congressional Staff Tour
UGA research and extension specialists discussed current irrigation and technology research projects at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park during a stop on their tour. The event was hosted for the the UGA College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

July 7, 2005 - Cotton Irrigation Field Day
UGA research and extension specialists discussed current research projects at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park. Topics will included reducing water loss through sprinkler package selection, remote infrared sensing of plant water stress, irrigation scheduling, subsurface drip irrigation costs and controls, irrigation scheduling software, cotton insect and water interaction, and growth regulators in dryland and irrigated fields. Farmers, county agents and cotton industry personnel attended.

June 30, 2005 - Sprinkler Technology Field Day
Nelson Irrigation and Senninger Irrigation demonstrated their latest in drop nozzle technology. The meeting attendees included UGA staff, Area 3 NRCS staff (and other NRCS staff if they would like to attend), Flint River SWCD supervisors, GA Soil and Water Irrigation staff, Golden Triangle, and Irrigation Dealers through out the Flint River Basin.

This event was co-sponsored by Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District, NRCS, The Nature Conservancy, Senninger Irrigation and Nelson Irrigation

June 9, 2005 - Southwest Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center meeting
Science teachers from the SW region attended.