As water resources are being stretched and pulled away from the ag sector, learn why creating resiliency in agricultural water management is more critical than ever. Guest host & Prinsco Application Engineer, Trey Allis, sits down with water management expert, Dr. Chris Hay, to get the details on his research into drainage water recycling. Can it boost yields? Yes. Is it worth the cost? This episode explores how drainage water recycling could be a solution.
Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00
00:18 Welcome to the Water Table!
00:40 Welcome Dr. Chris Hay
01:20 Go Rams!
01:50 On to Nebraska…
02:10 Becoming tri-lingual in engineering, statistics and hydrology
03:00 Interaction between ground water and surface water
04:44 Recharge!
06:00 Into the world of drainage
07:49 Onward to Iowa
08:45 Transforming Drainage
11:07 Hanging his own shingle…
11:50 Drainage Water Recycling
13:15 Seeing the benefits – doubling corn production
13:44 Looking at the economics
14:40 Irrigation vs. non-irrigation
17:10 Closing the loop on nutrient loss
18:00 The environmental benefit looks promising
19:45 What are the size requirements?
21:33 Who’s paying for what?
23:00 More engineers and dirt workers
24:20 The opportunities with replacing infrastructure
26:00 Irrigated acres vs. drained acres
29:00 Opportunities for crop diversity
32:20 The hydro illogic cycle
33:20 Wrapping it up
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