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Soil Moisture Sensor Field Demonstration Day

Who: Garden City Company Water Technology Farm
What: Soil Moisture Sensor Field Demonstration Day Where: 5631 N Ritchel Rd, Holcomb, KS 67851 When: Tuesday, March 21
Time: 10 a.m.

Information:
There will be a Soil Moisture Sensor Field Demonstration Day on Tuesday, March 21 located four miles northwest of Holcomb, KS at the Roth/Garden City Company Water Technology Farm. Moisture sensors have shown to improve water use and productivity on irrigated crop fields. The field day will include demonstrations by multiple soil moisture sensor vendors, to show installation, operation techniques and data interpretation. This allows the opportunity for producers to see these tools in the field for consideration in their own operations.

For more information visit:

http://www.southwest.k-state.edu/program_areas/water_management/extension_programs.html or

email Jonathan Aguilar, jaguilar@ksu.edu .

The event is hosted by K-State Research and Extension, The Garden City Company Water Technology Farm and the Kansas Water Office.

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