Impacts of the Drought for Growers in Central Arizona in 2004

Impacts of the Drought for Growers in Central Arizona in 2004
Holiday Inn, Casa Grande
Wednesday, January 21, 2004

8:30 – 9:00 Sign in and registration

9:00-9:20 Welcome and opening remarks

Ed Martin, Extension Irrigation Specialist, ABE/MAC, U of A Cooperative Extension
Deb Young, Associate Director, Programs - University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

9:20 – 10:00 Surface Water Availability in 2004

Moderator: Sharon Megdal WRRC

Larry Dozier, CAWCD/CAP Assistant General Manager

Charlie Ester, SRP Water Resource Operations

10:00 – 10:20 Precipitation in 2004?

Andrew Ellis, State Climatologist

10:20 – 11:00 B R E A K

11:00 – 12:00 Local Impacts - Pane Discussion

Moderator: Steve Husman, U of A

Grant Ward – SCWPDA
Bill Allred - GVID
Doug Mason – SCIDD
Jack Long - HIDD

12:00 – 1:00 L U N C H (provided)

1:00 – 1:30 Update on the Governor’s Drought Task Force

Sheldon Jones - Executive Director, Agri-Business Council of Arizona
Co-Chair of the Agricultural Subcommittee for the Governor’s Drought Task Force.

1:30 – 2:30 Conservation Techniques and Research at the University of Arizona

Moderator: Pat Clay, U of A

Ed Martin, ABE - Irrigation Scheduling

Paul Brown, SWES - Using AZMET

Tom Thompson, SWES - Experiences in Drip

2:30 – 2:50 Wrap Up and evaluation

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter by contacting Ed Martin (520) 568-2273. Request should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

Full Disclaimers

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A. Christenson, Director Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.

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For more information contact:
Ed Martin edmartin@ag.arizona.edu Associate Professor/Extension Specialist
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.