Publication of the Irrigators Association of Minnesota
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-Jerry Wright, IAM Membership Secretary
Archives
SPRING 2025 – Celebrating IAM’s 50th; Past Leadership Officers, Families Honored; Jerry Wright Receives IAM Lifetime Achievement Award, VRI Combat Groundwater Issues
WINTER 2025 – Celebrating IAM’s 50th; Irrigation using Fertilizer or Pesticide; Nitrogen and Nutrient Management Conference, MN Irrigation Program, Corn Field Irrigation
FALL 2024 – IAM Awards Peterson Scholarships, IAM Leaders Attend Irrigation RCPP Training Workshop, IAM Releases Positive Aquifer Health White Paper, Little Rock Creek Update
SPRING 2024 – 49th Annual Convention Success, MN DNR Director Katie Smith Water Enforcement, Drought Concerns, Surface Water, Expanding Network, Irrigation Acres Report
WINTER 2024 – Annual Convention #49, IAM Keynote Speaker: Mr. Minnesota, Difficulty of Change, USDA Accepting Responses, DNR Reporting Nitrogen Conference, MIP Course
FALL 2023 – IAM Officers Participate in a NRCS-SWCD Staff Irrigation Training Workshop, IAM Summer Legislative Irrigation Tour, Water Supplies & Drought, MN Drought
SPRING 2023 – MN Irrigator of the Year, Annual Convention Highlights, Corn Yield Variation, MN Regional Access to Local Weather Data & Crop ET
WINTER 2023 – Annual Convention #48, MN Irrigator Program, Irrigation and Groundwater Level Monitoring, Caring For Your Center Pivot End Gun, Agriculture Literacy Program, 3 Areas of Focus to Feel Better During Cold Dark Winter Days
FALL 2022 – Scholarship award winners, Field Day Opportunities, Legislative Farm Tour, Cost to Pump Water, Implementing Innovative Irrigation Practices.
SPRING 2022 – Irrigator of the Year, Annual Convention Highlights, Well Construction, Irrigating Relationships, Groundwater Issues, Research on economic impacts of irrigation.
WINTER 2022 – Annual Convention #47, MN Corn Growers partnership, Managing Variability, Strategic Farming, 2021 Drought Reflections, Well Interference Complaints high, Trends
Everyone benefits from the ideas, experiences and partnerships of IAM. By keeping a watchful eye on water rights, telling personal stories about the benefits of irrigation, We are representing farmers across the state and advocating for their right to water.
Jerry Wright
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