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When it comes to water, most of the time people don't get along, observes rancher Michael Condict. Joe Cook, who joined the project as an irrigation administrator more than six years ago, estimates that there are more than 200 individual water rights associated with the Brush Creek system. A day in the life On May 15, 2022, UW graduate student Kathleen Bracken began her second year as an irrigation administrator in the Brush Creek system. [Extracted from the article]

Here are a few you might recognize, along with why they are so important: B Trees. b Willows slow water, secure creek banks and are food host plants for butterfly and moth species, which are fed to baby birds in the nest. Do you ever think about plants that grow in out-of-the-way places, such as in the creek on your farm?. [Extracted from the article]

Tract 1 is 160 acres, and Tract 2 is 40 acres - with both tracts comprised of highly productive dryland farm ground, primarily Wymore silty clay soils, located only 3½ miles west of Brock, Neb. It is pivot-irrigated, but the pivots are owned by the tenant and were not included in the sale. It's a pivot-irrigated farm, but the tenants own the personal property. [Extracted from the article]

It's a pivot-irrigated farm, but the tenants own the personal property. It is pivot-irrigated, but the pivots are owned by the tenant and were not included in the sale. Tract 1 is 160 acres, and Tract 2 is 40 acres - with both tracts comprised of highly productive dryland farm ground, primarily Wymore silty clay soils, located only 3½ miles west of Brock, Neb. [Extracted from the article]

It's a pivot-irrigated farm, but the tenants own the personal property. It is pivot-irrigated, but the pivots are owned by the tenant and were not included in the sale. Tract 1 is 160 acres, and Tract 2 is 40 acres - with both tracts comprised of highly productive dryland farm ground, primarily Wymore silty clay soils, located only 3½ miles west of Brock, Neb. [Extracted from the article]

It's a pivot-irrigated farm, but the tenants own the personal property. Tract 1 is 160 acres, and Tract 2 is 40 acres - with both tracts comprised of highly productive dryland farm ground, primarily Wymore silty clay soils, located only 3½ miles west of Brock, Neb. It is pivot-irrigated, but the pivots are owned by the tenant and were not included in the sale. [Extracted from the article]

It is pivot-irrigated, but the pivots are owned by the tenant and were not included in the sale. It's a pivot-irrigated farm, but the tenants own the personal property. Tract 1 is 160 acres, and Tract 2 is 40 acres - with both tracts comprised of highly productive dryland farm ground, primarily Wymore silty clay soils, located only 3½ miles west of Brock, Neb. [Extracted from the article]

Several years ago, Adams was a corn and soybean farmer who wanted to diversify his business, but even more, he wanted to grow something that a consumer would touch. Early on, Adams worked with Precision Planting to convert his corn planter for pumpkin seed, including software. It's a Sunday evening in mid-October and southern Illinois pumpkin farmer Leon Adams is in a race against time - and frost. The growing season Adams is growing jack-o'-lanterns, mini oranges, mini whites, pie pumpkins and an autumn mix of gourds. [Extracted from the article]

After 60 years of Sprite's iconic green-colored bottles, the Coca-Cola Company has decided to begin using clear bottles for the lemon-lime flavored soda. The green bottles were always recyclable, states Julian Ochoa, the CEO of R3CYCLE, a plastic recycling company working with Coca-Cola. [Extracted from the article]

The architecture of the equisetum's canopies reduces the area for herbicide absorption, making them particularly difficult to manage with herbicides. Scouringrush (Equisetum arvense) and field horsetail (Equisetum hymale) are two species of the Equisetum genus found in Iowa. Chlorsuluron (Telar) is one herbicide that has good activity on equisetums, but is only registered for use in non-crop sites such as roadsides. [Extracted from the article]

Chlorsuluron (Telar) is one herbicide that has good activity on equisetums, but is only registered for use in non-crop sites such as roadsides. Scouringrush (Equisetum arvense) and field horsetail (Equisetum hymale) are two species of the Equisetum genus found in Iowa. The architecture of the equisetum's canopies reduces the area for herbicide absorption, making them particularly difficult to manage with herbicides. [Extracted from the article]

Chlorsuluron (Telar) is one herbicide that has good activity on equisetums, but is only registered for use in non-crop sites such as roadsides. The architecture of the equisetum's canopies reduces the area for herbicide absorption, making them particularly difficult to manage with herbicides. Scouringrush (Equisetum arvense) and field horsetail (Equisetum hymale) are two species of the Equisetum genus found in Iowa. [Extracted from the article]

The architecture of the equisetum's canopies reduces the area for herbicide absorption, making them particularly difficult to manage with herbicides. Chlorsuluron (Telar) is one herbicide that has good activity on equisetums, but is only registered for use in non-crop sites such as roadsides. Scouringrush (Equisetum arvense) and field horsetail (Equisetum hymale) are two species of the Equisetum genus found in Iowa. [Extracted from the article]

Scouringrush (Equisetum arvense) and field horsetail (Equisetum hymale) are two species of the Equisetum genus found in Iowa. The architecture of the equisetum's canopies reduces the area for herbicide absorption, making them particularly difficult to manage with herbicides. Chlorsuluron (Telar) is one herbicide that has good activity on equisetums, but is only registered for use in non-crop sites such as roadsides. [Extracted from the article]

Graph There is something unusual on many roads in Indiana, from dolls to old farm equipment to mailboxes made from electric poles to quirky signs. The last thing you expect to see driving north out of Lebanon, Ind., on State Road 39 in the middle of the heartland are the iconic dolls Barbie and Ken. [Extracted from the article]

The last thing you expect to see driving north out of Lebanon, Ind., on State Road 39 in the middle of the heartland are the iconic dolls Barbie and Ken. Graph There is something unusual on many roads in Indiana, from dolls to old farm equipment to mailboxes made from electric poles to quirky signs. [Extracted from the article]

Graph There is something unusual on many roads in Indiana, from dolls to old farm equipment to mailboxes made from electric poles to quirky signs. The last thing you expect to see driving north out of Lebanon, Ind., on State Road 39 in the middle of the heartland are the iconic dolls Barbie and Ken. [Extracted from the article]

Graph There is something unusual on many roads in Indiana, from dolls to old farm equipment to mailboxes made from electric poles to quirky signs. The last thing you expect to see driving north out of Lebanon, Ind., on State Road 39 in the middle of the heartland are the iconic dolls Barbie and Ken. [Extracted from the article]

The last thing you expect to see driving north out of Lebanon, Ind., on State Road 39 in the middle of the heartland are the iconic dolls Barbie and Ken. Graph There is something unusual on many roads in Indiana, from dolls to old farm equipment to mailboxes made from electric poles to quirky signs. [Extracted from the article]

After soybean aphid eggs hatch, they go through a few asexual generations on buckthorn before leaving in search of soybean. Soybean aphid egg hatch occurs between 147-154 degree days (base 50°F) and buckthorn bud swell happens shortly after that (165-171 degree days). Iowa's most significant soybean insect pest, the soybean aphid, has host-alternating biology. [Extracted from the article]

After soybean aphid eggs hatch, they go through a few asexual generations on buckthorn before leaving in search of soybean. Iowa's most significant soybean insect pest, the soybean aphid, has host-alternating biology. Soybean aphid egg hatch occurs between 147-154 degree days (base 50°F) and buckthorn bud swell happens shortly after that (165-171 degree days). [Extracted from the article]

Iowa's most significant soybean insect pest, the soybean aphid, has host-alternating biology. Soybean aphid egg hatch occurs between 147-154 degree days (base 50°F) and buckthorn bud swell happens shortly after that (165-171 degree days). After soybean aphid eggs hatch, they go through a few asexual generations on buckthorn before leaving in search of soybean. [Extracted from the article]

Iowa's most significant soybean insect pest, the soybean aphid, has host-alternating biology. Soybean aphid egg hatch occurs between 147-154 degree days (base 50°F) and buckthorn bud swell happens shortly after that (165-171 degree days). After soybean aphid eggs hatch, they go through a few asexual generations on buckthorn before leaving in search of soybean. [Extracted from the article]

"When wheat is in the soft dough stage, yields can be reduced by 1% for every 10% of the flag leaf infected, so if roughly 70% of the flag leaf is infected with leaf rust at the soft dough stage there will be about a 7% yield loss (Table 1). Rain received on the Texas Blacklands last week will help finish out this season's wheat crop and aid in corn and cotton plant growth. [Extracted from the article]

Subsurface drip irrigation offers some significant benefits, but Southwest producers should thoroughly research the pros and cons before making what can be a big investment. (Photos by Saleh Taghvaeian) b "Drip irrigation improves water use efficiency", Taghvaeian said. Key considerations Taghvaeian said producers should consider some key issues before committing to drip irrigation installation. [Extracted from the article]

In addition to continuing to collect seed from remnant native plant populations, we now have the capacity to collect seed at Shaw Nature Reserve. Perusing through all the species of native plants available for sale might cause you to question where native plants come from. The seed may come from parent plants growing in a nursery, but the seed that grew those plants originally came from the wild. [Extracted from the article]

Nitrate concentration levels from tiles draining fields with cover crop fields also had 34% less nitrate concentration compared to tiles draining fields without cover crops by midsummer 2021. Nitrate nitrogen, a plant food in fertilizers important for crop production, is one of only two pollutants that are increasing in the Cannon River in Minnesota. [Extracted from the article]

Nitrate concentration levels from tiles draining fields with cover crop fields also had 34% less nitrate concentration compared to tiles draining fields without cover crops by midsummer 2021. Nitrate nitrogen, a plant food in fertilizers important for crop production, is one of only two pollutants that are increasing in the Cannon River in Minnesota. [Extracted from the article]

Nitrate concentration levels from tiles draining fields with cover crop fields also had 34% less nitrate concentration compared to tiles draining fields without cover crops by midsummer 2021. Nitrate nitrogen, a plant food in fertilizers important for crop production, is one of only two pollutants that are increasing in the Cannon River in Minnesota. [Extracted from the article]

Nitrate concentration levels from tiles draining fields with cover crop fields also had 34% less nitrate concentration compared to tiles draining fields without cover crops by midsummer 2021. Nitrate nitrogen, a plant food in fertilizers important for crop production, is one of only two pollutants that are increasing in the Cannon River in Minnesota. [Extracted from the article]

Nitrate nitrogen, a plant food in fertilizers important for crop production, is one of only two pollutants that are increasing in the Cannon River in Minnesota. Nitrate concentration levels from tiles draining fields with cover crop fields also had 34% less nitrate concentration compared to tiles draining fields without cover crops by midsummer 2021. [Extracted from the article]

We were at the R3 growth stage, up against both preferred timing for the plant health application, as well as near the end of the window for the herbicide application. There are a few acres of non-GMO soybeans we would like to run the sponge across, but right now the priority is irrigation. [Extracted from the article]

Water is an essential input for agricultural success, but farmers cannot always rely on nature to deliver optimal amounts at the right time every season. "We are starting with our seed popcorn fields, looking for improved yields through more controlled water management and sidedress application of nitrate returned to the field with the water", Schleisman says. [Extracted from the article]

Water is an essential input for agricultural success, but farmers cannot always rely on nature to deliver optimal amounts at the right time every season. "We are starting with our seed popcorn fields, looking for improved yields through more controlled water management and sidedress application of nitrate returned to the field with the water", Schleisman says. [Extracted from the article]

"We are starting with our seed popcorn fields, looking for improved yields through more controlled water management and sidedress application of nitrate returned to the field with the water", Schleisman says. Water is an essential input for agricultural success, but farmers cannot always rely on nature to deliver optimal amounts at the right time every season. [Extracted from the article]

Water is an essential input for agricultural success, but farmers cannot always rely on nature to deliver optimal amounts at the right time every season. "We are starting with our seed popcorn fields, looking for improved yields through more controlled water management and sidedress application of nitrate returned to the field with the water", Schleisman says. [Extracted from the article]

A reader of The Farmer recently contacted me and wondered if a 19th-century climate trend was partially responsible for the widespread adoption of agricultural drainage ditches in Minnesota between 1897 and 1915. Minnesota's 19th-century climate data show that there were highly unusual, wetter-than-normal Aprils in 1883, 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896 and 1897. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the two-stage drainage ditch of Kevin Willibey in Indiana. According to University of Minnesota Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineer Bruce Wilson, the two-stage ditch design is more stable and it is very popular in Indiana. Ditch project manager Rich Biske says this design is a low-technology, common-sense approach and is becoming accepted practice in the Midwest. The two-stage ditch style occupies the same amount of land as conventional ones because the width of the buffer strip lies within instead of outside the ditch.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have finally published a final rule defining as precisely as possible the scope of waters that are regulated under the Clean Water Act (CWA). After extensive discussion regarding drainage and irrigation ditches, the agencies limit WOTUS application to ditches to those that "...meet the flow conditions of the tributary definition and are not otherwise excluded." The agencies also include ditches as a category under WOTUS if they are constructed in a wetland as long as, of course, the wetland meets specific criteria and there are flow conditions of a tributary in the ditch. [Extracted from the article]

Any easement can be extended for another 40 years so long as the easement is re-recorded or referenced in some other document recorded at the county register of deeds office. However, if the easement is re-recorded or referenced in a recorded deed prior to July 10, 2030, that easement will be good for at least the next 40 years (and then, if re-recorded again or referenced in a recorded deed, a new 40 years starts from that document, and so on). Further, if a perpetual easement was initially recorded at the register of deeds office on July 10, 1980, and is never referenced again in a recorded document, that easement will terminate on July 10, 2020. [Extracted from the article]

Any easement can be extended for another 40 years so long as the easement is re-recorded or referenced in some other document recorded at the county register of deeds office. However, if the easement is re-recorded or referenced in a recorded deed prior to July 10, 2030, that easement will be good for at least the next 40 years (and then, if re-recorded again or referenced in a recorded deed, a new 40 years starts from that document, and so on). Further, if a perpetual easement was initially recorded at the register of deeds office on July 10, 1980, and is never referenced again in a recorded document, that easement will terminate on July 10, 2020. [Extracted from the article]

Any easement can be extended for another 40 years so long as the easement is re-recorded or referenced in some other document recorded at the county register of deeds office. However, if the easement is re-recorded or referenced in a recorded deed prior to July 10, 2030, that easement will be good for at least the next 40 years (and then, if re-recorded again or referenced in a recorded deed, a new 40 years starts from that document, and so on). Further, if a perpetual easement was initially recorded at the register of deeds office on July 10, 1980, and is never referenced again in a recorded document, that easement will terminate on July 10, 2020. [Extracted from the article]

Any easement can be extended for another 40 years so long as the easement is re-recorded or referenced in some other document recorded at the county register of deeds office. However, if the easement is re-recorded or referenced in a recorded deed prior to July 10, 2030, that easement will be good for at least the next 40 years (and then, if re-recorded again or referenced in a recorded deed, a new 40 years starts from that document, and so on). Further, if a perpetual easement was initially recorded at the register of deeds office on July 10, 1980, and is never referenced again in a recorded document, that easement will terminate on July 10, 2020. [Extracted from the article]

Steve Just was only 12 years old when his family installed their first center pivot on their farm near Holdrege, Neb., in 1970. "Steve typically asks us to check his pivots and send him an estimate for repairs and maintenance", Fecht adds. The pivot, called No. 1 by Just, was the first pivot on Just's family farm - and one of the first Electrogators in the area. [Extracted from the article]

Sometimes referred to as a county or judicial ditch, being a public ditch simply means that the ditch is administered through a local government authority, generally either the county or the watershed district. A ditch that was not built as a public ditch is usually referred to as a private ditch, and landowners work out among themselves how to finance these projects. Another misconception I encounter is the belief that a ditch constructed along a road is a public ditch, while a ditch crossing private land is a private ditch. [Extracted from the article]