7-24-09
Issues and Needs for the next 3-5 years
- Agricultural Profitability
- Water
- Availability
- Use Limitations
- Quality
- Use Efficiency
- Irrigation Termination
- Best Management Practices
- Alternative Crops
- Markets
- Technology & Equipment Costs
- Optimization of Fertilization and Production Practices
- Fertilizer
- Deep N Placement
- Best Management Practices
- Plant Population and spacing
- Varieties
- Scouting
- Alternative Crops
- Sesame
- Canola
- Safflower
- Sunflower
- Pests
- Resistance
- Mare’s Tail
- Other weeds Insects and Disease Organisms
- Important Species
- Cotton Fleahopper
- Beet Armyworm
- Fall Armyworm
- Conservation Reserve Program Expiration
- Environmental
- Water
- Quantity
- Quality
- Water Quality Management Plans
- Prescription Farming
- Potential Run-Off into Playa Lakes
- Realistic Yield Goals – Inputs for 4 bale when 3 is a realistic goal
- Fertilization
- EPA
- Conservation Reserve Expiration
- Education
- Agricultural and IPM Awareness – Agricultural Literacy
- Government Regulation
- Water
- Cap and Trade??
- Clean Water Act
- EPA et al.