Southern Region Project: S1018
Irrigation Management for Humid and Sub-Humid Areas


2008 Annual Meeting

Held Wednesday to Friday, September 3-4, 2008
UGA Campus at Tifton - NESPAL Building, Tifton, Georgia.

State Report Presentations

* 2008 Attendees in italics

Project Related and other Irrigation Websites

  • Florida
    • FAWN - Florida's Automated Weather Network - contains water and irrigation management decision aids.
  • Georgia
    • AEMN - Georgia's Automated Weather Network - contains water management decision aids
    • C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park - includes research descriptions & summaries
    • Ag Water Pumping - Outline and Results of 1999-2004 monthly irrigation monitoring study (800 participants)
    • Irrigation Water Conservation - Ag Irrigator-oriented site for BMP's and options for improving application efficiency. Also contains link to regionally developed of irrigation water conservation.
    • Georgia Irrigation Survey - Detailed results of 2004 CES Irrigation Survey plus 1970 to 2004 summary data.
  • North Carolina

Annual Business

  • Winston Hagler - Administrative Advisor
    • September 22 - Minutes of 2008 business meeting and discussions - draft Hamid Farani; final Tom Owino?
    • October 31 - Annual Progress Report for 2008 - Tom Owino
  • 2008 Officers
    • Ian McCann - Chair & Co-Host
    • Paul Counce - Vice Chair & Meeting Discussion Leader
    • Tom Owino - Secretary & Minute/Report preparer
  • Business
    • Announce 2009 Meeting - Stuttgart, AR - Spring
    • Elect Incoming Secretary for 2009 - Ramon Arancibia elected
    • Other Business

Planning Information

  • Progress Review & Discussion:
  • Planning Project Continuation:
    • Winston Hagler (per Donna Pearce, Assistant to the Director SAAESD)
      • September 30 Request a Development Committee. COMPLETED; Jim Hook submitted the request for the group.
      • September 15, 2008 Proposal Development Committee - S_temp2042 approved
      • November 15, 2008 - February 28, 2009 Writing Committee Prepares Draft Proposal
      • March 1, 2009 Enter Draft Proposal in NIMMS
      • March 1, 2009 Writing Committee Sends Draft to Participants and Potential Participants
      • March 1 - 30, 2009 Participants Sign onto Participant List (by objective)
      • March 31, 2009 Participants Submit Comments and Corrections, as well as Literature Citations
      • April 1-30, 2009 Writing Committee Assembles Comments and Prepares Revised Proposal
      • April 30, 2009 Submit Revised Draft for Peer Review
      • May 31, 2009 Reviewed & revised Proposal to SAAESD

  • Revised 2009-2014 Objectives:
    • Objective 1. Improve irrigation application through automation, control, and application technology and sensor/communication systems to support that automation. (lead author, Ramon Arancibia)
    • Objective 2. Improve irrigation scheduling and management systems and the knowledge/application database with field based sensor systems, crop coefficients, reference evapotranspiration and irrigation scheduling techniques. (lead authors, Ken Fisher & Gretchen Sassenrath)
    • Objective 3. Enhance limited water resources through rainfall capture and use of alternative water sources. (lead author, Jim Hook)
    • Objective 4. Enhance transfer of irrigation technologies and management strategies emphasizing economic and environmental benefits. (lead author, Ted Tyson)

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences and its National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), a research organization dedicated to development of environmentally and economically sound agricultural production systems, is proud to host this regional project forum.

The views presented here do not represent those of NESPAL, The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia, The State of Georgia or their employees. For more information please revisit these pages for updates, or send electronic mail to Dr. Jim Hook at jimhook@uga.edu.

S1018 Project pages developed by James Hook on Sept 3, 2008.