Episode Details

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Katherine Favor talks to NCAT Southwest Regional Director Mike Morris about a new series of irrigation guidebooks available from NCAT’s ATTRA program. Mike and Katherine discuss some common myths and misunderstandings about irrigation, the under-appreciated importance of soil health to irrigators, and some easy and inexpensive things every irrigator can do to save water, energy, and money. 

Related ATTRA Resources:

·         The Irrigator’s Pocket Guide

·         The California Microirrigation Pocket Guide

·         The Colorado Irrigator’s Pocket Guide

·         The New Mexico Irrigator’s Pocket Guide

·         The Texas Irrigator’s Pocket Guide

·         Managing Soils for Water

·         Soil Moisture Monitoring: Low-Cost Tools and Methods

·         Sustainable Irrigation: A Beginner’s Guide

·         Tracking Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration: The Satellites Are Coming!
 
 NCAT Resources:  

·         NCAT Soil for Water Program

  Other Resources:

·         OPENET 

·         California Irrigation Management Irrigation System

·         NRCS Irrigation Guide 
 
Contact Mike Morris and Katherine Favor at mikem@ncat.org and katherinef@ncat.org

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