Thinking of planting? 🌽🌾 Don’t let a late freeze take you by surprise. This K-State Agronomy eUpdate shows freeze risks after April 1 by region—some spots have >90% risk still! 📊 bit.ly/4jg5J0y

👉 Friendly reminder that most sprinkler nozzles need replacing every 10K–12K hours. It's just one of the tips from this must-read irrigation checklist in the K-State Agronomy eUpdate. 🔍 Read it here: bit.ly/3RCFTbe #WaterEfficiency #CenterPivot #AgNews

It was a great week to be soil sampling the #CSUTAPS field & with help from great student interns. As we manage farming operations & technologies thru the season, #TAPS offers CSU College of Agricultural Sciences students tremendous learning opportunities, from field work to data collection and analysis.

The #TAPS plot layout offers opps for #farmerfocused research to better understand agronomic management decision-making and outcomes. #CSUTAPS & Ag Water Quality Program teamed up to soil sample last week to support research to validate current CSU N recommendations w/ TAPS data.

Great opportunity to share the #TAPSNetwork #MasterIrrigator programs & impacts at the 2025 Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Global Conference in Lincoln, NE, thanks to Drew Gholson panel presentation of MSU Master Irrigator, UNL-TAPS Rintu Sen research poster presentation & IIC conference exhibit.

8 years of data from UNL-TAPS sprinkler corn competitions in North Platte shows opportunity for producers to boost yields & reduce N loss from the soil rooting zone by optimizing irrigation decisions. Presented in student poster competition at 2025 Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute by Rintu Sen

#CSUTAPS planted 75 plots 5/2/25 with 15 different corn hybrids selected by competition teams. Hybrid CRMs ranged from 92 to 104 days, & seeding rates 20K to 35K. Many thanks to partners Channel Seed Pioneer Seeds U.S. DEKALB Asgrow Seed Beck's Hybrids tinyurl.com/3t264tr6 CSU College of Agricultural Sciences

See the 1st installment of a NEW IIC-led quarterly column in Irrigation Today “Your Best Practice.” It features a story on combining field observation, NDVI drone imagery, & catch can testing to solve & head off irrigation issues in the #CSUTAPS field. tinyurl.com/mwmcxf64

CO Water Center is funding our proposal w/ Tian Guo, CSU faculty in CSU Warner College and Joel Schneekloth ! The work uses #CSUTAPS #KSUTAPS & #UNLTAPS program data to explore relationships between input use efficiency & farm profitability. CSU College of Agricultural Sciences tinyurl.com/33mz4cmz

Arable Mark3 Canopy and Weather sensors soak up some sun, charging prior to installation in the 2025 #CSUTAPS farm management competition field. #TAPS competitors (mostly producers) can try ag tech & #precisionagriculture strategies risk-free, thanks to our partners Arable

💧⚡ Mark your calendars! MSU’s Water and Energy Conference returns October 28–30 at The Mill. From innovation to sustainability, this is where leaders, experts, and change makers converge to shape the future. Registration opens July 1. Plan now to be part of something special.

#TAPS provides learning opps for all involved— competitors, students, partners, researchers, & more! Student intern Mason England helped install Sentek Technologies & GroGuru soil moisture sensors w/ Omer Izrael, #CSUTAPS program manager, & Wub Yilma, #precisionirrigation manager.

💧 What, where, and how does the U.S. irrigate? Our new visualizations w/National Drought Mitigation Center show patterns of commonly irrigated crops — including areas in the eastern U.S. 🌽🌾 Plus, see how irrigation methods vary by region and crop. Explore the data 👉 waterforfood.nebraska.edu/our-work/resea…

For some a key benefit to #TAPS is the chance to try ag tech that supports #precisionirrigation strategies, risk-free. We appreciate ag tech partners who support this aspect of TAPS, including Cropx which recently installed soil moisture sensors for 2025 #CSUTAPS

After a few sunny days, #corn is wilting. If we check the #soil, it is clear moisture is not short. Accordingly, leaf wilt is a very unreliable indicator of #irrigation needs. More sunshine and aeration are the best cure for this matter. 🌽#mscorn #MSUext #plant25 #mscrops

First year. New crop. Lots to learn. If you’re in the TAPS forage competition, this webinar on Annual Forage Insurance might not help your score in TAPS—but it could help your farm. 🗓️ June 12 | 12 PM CT 🔗 tinyurl.com/forage-insuran… #Forage #ForageInsurance #AgEcon

It’s never just about yield. It’s about what we leave behind—for the ones who follow. Today we’re celebrating of the dads who farm, teach, mentor, and love deeply. The next generation is our why. #FathersDay #TAPSNetwork #KSUTAPS

Ag tech possibilities seem endless & the #TAPSNetwork offers chances to test many. The BOPA Autonomous Nano Tractor (ANT) visited #CSUTAPS to assess its use at CSU’s research farm. The robot removes weeds physically or with targeted herbicides reducing chemical use and labor.

🌽 It’s decision time, TAPS Teams! With just a sprinkle of rain last week, the big question is: irrigate or hold? Every drop—and every choice—matters in this competition. 💧 Check the SWREC weather update and cast your vote wisely. Let’s see who’s playing the long game. 👇

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