Michiana Irrigation Association

12/04/2024

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Michiana Irrigation Association will be held on December 13, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Blue Gate Restaurant and Bakery, 105 E. Middlebury Street, Shipshewana, Indiana. Registration is required by calling Deanna Mumby at 269/998-1177 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
Topics to be covered include: EGLE Update- Federal Recovery Funds Update, Staff Update and Mi-WWAT Metrics; Michigan Water Users Group-MSU Research and Guidance Documents; Water Policy and Planning In Indiana: A 10-Year Update; Site Specific Review Case Studies and Midwest Water Stewards; Indiana Update on Registration and Reporting; Center Pivot and Gun Controls; Potato Update; Irrigation Research Update; Irrigation Water Savings Measure; and a Question/Answer Session on Irrigation.
Speakers include: Jeremiah Asher, MSU; Steve Whittington, MSU Extension; Todd Feenstra, Tritium, Inc; Allison Mann, Indiana, DNR; Angie Gradiz, MSU Extension; Kelly Turner, Michigan Potato Industry Commission; Younsuk D**g, MSU, BAE and Brenden Kelley, MSU Extension;
The cost for attending the meeting is $60, which includes lunch and dues to the association. Reservations are required.

11/06/2023

Michiana Irrigation Association Annual Meeting
December 15, 2023
Beacon Health and Fitness Center

8:30 Registration

9:00 Trends of Irrigation and Benefits - Dr. Molly Sears, MSU Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

9:30 Irrigation Scheduling - Dr. Younsuk D**g, MSU, BAE and Brenden Kelley

10:00 Irrigation Safety - Danger of Irrigating Roads - Jeremy Walker, MIA President and concerned parent.

10:20 Break

10:30 Indiana Water Policy Update – Mark Basch/Allison Mann, Indiana DNR, Division of Water

11:00 Michigan Large Volume Water Use Program Update (Grant Money Projects) - Jim Milne, Water Use Assessment Unit Supervisor, Michigan EGLE

11:30 Glacial Aquifer Mapping in NW Ohio, NE Indiana, and SE Michigan - Alex Riddle, Hydrologist, USGS Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Noon Lunch

12:45 MIA Business Meeting and Election of Board Members

1:00 Midwest Water Projects Update - Todd Feenstra, LPG, President of Tritium, Inc.

1:45 Capacity and Benefits to Expand Irrigation - Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension

2:15 MSU’s Expanding Irrigation Team. Goals, funding and the role for producers and industry professionals. - Dr. Younsuk D**g, MSU, BAE

2:35 Purdue’s Growing Irrigation Resources - Stephen Boyer, Superintendent, Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center

2:45 Irrigation Related Question/Answer Session & Open Discussion
Please include questions with a registration form so the MIA board and professional staff can try to have answers ready for the meeting.

To Register contact Deanna Mumby ([email protected]) or 269/998-1177. Cost is $45 per person includes dues to MIA and Lunch. Registration is required.

02/15/2023

MI Ag Ideas to Grow With
Water Day: Managing Irrigation and Water
9:00 am -9:50 am-Dr. Eshan Ghane, MSU BAE
Dealing with heavy rainfall in a changing climate-With heavy rainfall, crops
could get damaged from too much water-Learn about the practices you can
use to protect your crop from excess water damage.
10:00 am -10:50 am-Dr. Eshan Ghane, MSU BAE
Mole drains: A cheap alternative to subsurface tile drainage-Mole drains are a
cheap alternative to subsurface tile drainage in heavy clay soil. Learn about
mole drains, why you may want to install them, features of mole drains, site
suitability of mole drains, when to install mole drains, and life expectancy of
mole drains.
11:00 am -11:50 am-Dr. Younsuk D**g, MSU-BAE Irrigation Specialist
Recommendations for Improving Irrigation Water Use Efficiency-This
presentation will discuss several best management practices that can help to
improve irrigation water use efficiency. In addition, the ongoing USDA NRCS
Irrigation project will be discussed.
12:00 pm – 12:50 pm-Dr. Molly Sears, MSU Agricultural, Food and Resource
Economics
Water Policy, Quantity, and Withdrawal: Nationally and in the Great LakesFoundations of our current water law and policy, trends in water use and
withdrawal, and some comparisons between Michigan, the Great Lakes, and
the western US.
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm-Dr. Jeff Andersen, State Meteorologist Lyndon Kelley,
MSU/Purdue Irrigation Educator
2022 Irrigation- a year in review-2022 Weather, rainfall, crop water needs,
and a look at last season compared to the long-term trends
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm-Todd Feenstra, Hydrologist Tritium Inc. and Midwest
Water Stewards
Is Michigan’s Large Volume water use affecting Natural Resources?-In
Michigan new Large Volume Water Use (LVWU) registrations are issued on a
basis that the withdrawal will not cause an adverse resource impact. Many of
the highest irrigated watersheds of the state have run out of allocations to
issue for a new large volume water uses. Does this mean perfect Michigan’s
natural resources?
3:00 pm – 3:50 pm-Andy Lebaron, EGLE Water division
Large Volume water use registration and its role in protecting water
resources-Michigan- Large Volume Water Use (LVWU) registration system has
had several new developments and changes. Andy Lebaron will highlight
some important changes and explain the registration program’s effort to
protect water resources.
To register for this
FREE event visit:

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02/15/2023

MICHIANA IRRIGATED
CORN & SOYBEAN
CONFERENCE
Irrigation-related Topics
Water Use Efficiency
Maximizing Nutrient Efficiency
Irrigation Equipment
Land Values
Crop Diseases
Soybean Cyst Nematode
Anhydrous Ammonia Safety
Irrigated Crop Management
Producer Panel
Monday, March 6
9 AM - 4 PM
2 0 2 3
Purdue University and Michigan State University
are equal opportunity/equal access
affirmative action institutions.
For more information or if reasonable
accommodations are needed to
participate, please call 260-636-2111
For more information:
extension.purdue.edu/noble
or 260-636-2111
8:30 AM Registration opens
9:00 AM Welcome & Announcements
9:10 AM Soybean Cyst Nematode -
Greg Tylka, Iowa State University
9:45 AM Managing Disease in
Irrigated Systems - Marty Chilvers,
Michigan State University
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Intense Irrigated Corn &
Soybean Management - Dan Quinn and
Shaun Casteel, Purdue University
11:30 AM Anhydrous Ammonia Safety
- Ann Kline, Purdue Extension
MICHIANA IRRIGATED CORN & SOYBEAN CONFERENCE
Credits
Indiana PARP (1)
Indiana CCH (Category 1,
Category 14, RT) requested
Michigan RUP (2
Commercial, Private Core,
or 1a)
CCA CEUs (1 IPM, 2 NM, 2
CM)

Purdue Extension Noble County

02/15/2023

Indiana and Michigan Water use reporting is Due April 1st. If you have registered water withdrawals from wells or surface water with the capacity of pump 70 gallons per minute or more, annual water use reporting of your monthly totals in gallons or acre inches is required. Make sure the water source you are reporting has been registered with your State. Michigan water users having issues with MILogin can call the Customer Service Center at 877-932-6424. Additional info is also at www.Michigan.gov/waterusereporting. If large volume water users have no way of using the new online system or have questions about the system, contact Abigail Eaton at [email protected] or 517-284-5612. Indiana water users can follow the letter sent to them by Indiana DNR Water Use Division or click the Significant Water Withdrawal button on the www.in.gov/dnr/water page or call 1-877-928-3755.

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11/01/2022

https://www.canr.msu.edu/irrigation/upoads/files/22MIABrochure.pdf

https://www.canr.msu.edu/irrigation/upoads/files/MIA-News-Oct2022.pdf

Here are the links to the Michiana Irrigation Association Annual Meeting on December 16, 2022 at Das Essenhaus in Indiana.

Also a link to the current newsletter is attached.

10/01/2022

MIA annual meeting will be December 16 from 8:30-3:00 at the Essenhause in Middlebury. Brochure and registration information will be posted soon!

11/10/2021

Workshop Agenda

8:30 Registration

9:00 Consider Your Options: Retaining Profits by Managing Irrigated Corn/Soybean Cost of Production—Jon LaPorte, MSU Extension Farm Business Management Educator

9:30 Indiana Significant Water Use Update—Allison Mann and Mark Basch, Indiana DNR Division of Water

10:00 Michigan Water Use Update—Andy LeBaron, Michigan EGLE

10:30 Break

10:40 Indiana Water Policy, What’s Hot, What’s Next—Jack Wittman, PHD, PH, CGWP, Vice President, Water—Eastern US, Intera Inc.

11:00 Earning Trust with Data-based Models— Todd Feenstra, LPG, President of Tritium, Inc.

11:30 Irrigation Equipment Cost—Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Irrigation Educator

Noon Lunch

1:00 MIA Business Meeting and Election of Board Members

1:15 Tar Spot in Corn: Lessons Learned from the 2021 Growing Season—Bruce MacKellar, MSU Educator

1:45 Predicting the Expansion of Irrigation in Michigan and Indiana—Dr Younsuk D**g, MSU, BAE

2:15 Bringing the Control of Existing Irrigation Equipment Into the Modern Ages—Tanner Oliphant, Director of Technical Sales, AgSense

2:45 Data from Your Field to Better Manage Irrigation and Diseases—Dr Younsuk D**g, MSU, BAE

3:15 Meeting the Chemigation Label Requirements—Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Irrigation Educator

To register call 269/998-1177

Cost: $40 include registration fee, dues to MIA and lunch!

10/21/2021

Mark your calendars for the 2021 Michiana Irrigation Winter Workshop - Friday, December 10 at the Blue Gate Garden Inn, Shipshewana, IN. Will post agenda once finalized!

07/12/2021

Irrigation Webinar Series
July 7, 21; August 4, 18; September 1, 15
12-1 p.m.
Held virtually via zoom
No cost to attend, but pre-registration is requested

Let's Talk Irrigation!
This six session series focuses on irrigation topics such as irrigation management, irrigation efficiency, new and expanding irrigation projects and a weather and crop update.

Topics that will be covered each week:

Past and forecasted crop water usage compared to rainfall for the last week and next week. (5 minutes)
Ways to improve irrigation management and efficiency – Irrigation Specialist from MSU and Purdue (15 minutes)
New and expanding irrigation considerations – Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension - Irrigation Educator (15 minutes)
Updates on irrigation topics related to field crops, vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops by MSU and Purdue specialists and extension educators (15 minutes)
Open Irrigation question and answer period (from chat or pre-submitted e-mail questions). Please feel free to email irrigation related questions to Betsy Braid at [email protected] before the programs.
Sessions will be held every other week on Wednesdays at Noon. They will begin on July 7 and conclude on September 15.

Draft Topic Agenda
July 7

Checkbook irrigation scheduling concepts and tools – Dr. Younsuk D**g , MSU BAE Irrigation Specialist
Checklist for planning irrigation systems – Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension Irrigation Educator
Opportunity to produce annual forage crop under irrigation in 2021 – Dr. Kim Cassida, MSU
Irrigated crop nitrogen management in a year with too much and too little water - Dr. James Camberato, Purdue University Soil Fertility Specialist
July 21

Irrigating scheduling with the aid of soil moisture monitoring – Dr. Younsuk D**g , MSU BAE-Irrigation Specialist
Where what and why do we irrigate in Michigan and Indiana – Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension Irrigation Educator
Irrigating corn to minimize infection period for Tar Spot - Marty Chilvers, MSU Pathologist
August 4

Monitoring leaf wetness duration to predict disease infection period– Dr. Younsuk D**g , MSU BAE Irrigation Specialist
Irrigation water supply: how much water do I need? – Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension Irrigation Educator
Irrigation of blueberries and other small fruit - Mark Longstroth, MSU Fruit Educator Emeritus
August 18

Irrigation management and efficiency – Dr. Younsuk D**g , MSU BAE-Irrigation Specialist
Irrigating fresh market vegetables for top quality – Dr. Ron Goldy, MSU Vegetable Educator Emeritus
Irrigating tree fruit - Nikki Rothwell, MSU Tree Fruit Educator, Northwest Horticulture Experiment Station
Irrigation for Ornamental Horticulture – Dr. Tom Fernandez (not yet confirmed)
September 1

Timing the last irrigation– Dr. Younsuk D**g , MSU BAE Irrigation Specialist
Timing and designing your project for minimized cost – Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension Irrigation Educator
Considering growing cereals under irrigation: opportunity to provide change in rotation, produce second crop soybeans or snaps, annual forage and better manage fertility and weeds - Dennis Pennington, MSU Wheat Production Specialist
September 15

Maximizing irrigation energy efficiency: how much energy did I use compared to the average? - Dr. Younsuk D**g, MSU BAE Irrigation Specialist
Water use registration and reporting – Lyndon Kelley, MSU/Purdue Extension Irrigation Educator.
Michigan site specific review options and the alternatives for registration - Andy Lebaron, MI- EGLE
RUP credits will be available for these sessions.
Registration for Irrigation Webinar Series is open.

Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. on September 14, 2021.

Contact Information
For information or questions, email [email protected].

11/04/2019

03/03/2017

Large Quantity Water Withdrawal Registration and Reporting Workshop
DATES & TIMES:

Tue., March 21, 2017
9 am—2 pm
MSU Extension
612 E. Main St.
Centreville, MI 49032

Wed., March 22, 2017
4 pm—8 pm
Branch Area Career Center
366 Morse St.,
Coldwater MI 49036

Thurs., March 23, 2017
9 am—2 pm
Lawrence Skill Center
250 South St.
Lawrence MI 49064

Fri., March 24, 2017
9 am—2 pm
Montcalm Extension Office
211 W. Main St.
Stanton MI 48888

FREE
Registration is not required

DESCRIPTION:
These are four open house/workshop style meetings, providing opportunities for Large Quantity Water Users (LQWU) to speak with representatives from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) about issue involving current and past LQWU registrations. Special emphasis will be on the Michigan’s Unreported Large Quantity Water Withdrawal Registration Initiative, with MDEQ Michigan Water Use Program Staff available to answer question.

No Registration is required.

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, along with the state water use committee determined that unreported water withdrawals that existed before 2008 are a potential challenge to the future of the system. They have created an initiative for unreported pre-October 1, 2008 LQW user withdrawals. This opportunity for LQW users to report their water use opened in January and will run through April 2018. LQW use is defined as the capacity to pump more than 100.000 gallon/day (about 70 gpm). Producers will need to provide information on the location of their withdrawal and the rated capacity of their pump in GPM, and that it was in use in 2008 or earlier to establish a baseline for the water use.

These timely meetings can also assist LQW users with reporting issues. Especially if they have never met Michigan’s LQWU reporting requirement for those with capacity to pump 70 gpm or more from wells or surface water.

LQW Users are encouraged to bring water withdrawal records, previous registrations and LQWU Reporting records and paper work to support and clarify registration and reporting issue.