Summary of Success: 2009 Presentations


Ogallala Aquifer Project workers met in March of 2009 to summarize what they have discovered recently during the course of their work. These videos run from ten to twenty minutes and are a good way to learn what is new.

In the News

Article in January 2010 Issue of Agricultural Research features peanut research   An article entitled Preparing peanuts for the future: New cultivars and farming strategies describes research that has received supplemental support form the Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP).   

ARS Newsmakers for January 29 2010 features OAP scientist     

Education Area Accomplishments for 2009   Annual accomplishment statements of this priority area are reported herein.  

Upcoming Events

Event
Date
03/02/2010
Time
1:00 PM
Address

Amarillo, TX
Details
Annual Workshop is scheduled for March 2-4, 2010 in Amarillo TX. Contact David Brauer at david.brauer@ars.usda.gov for more details

Reports

Summary of the 2009 Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP) Workshop   OAP participating scientists and invited guests met in Garden City, KS on March 10-12, 2009 to report accomplishments, and plan future research and educational activities.   

Summary of the 2008 Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP) Workshop   Several sessions were devoted to reports of accomplishments, summarizing research and educational activities that have been conducted in 2006-2008. The remainder of the workshop was devoted to planning of future research and educational activities.   

Establishing Cotton Water Levels Using Time Thresh   Cotton lint yield declined at the rate of 202 kg lint/ ha for each 1-hr increase in time threshold value between 5.5 and 8.5 hours. Average daily stress time, as a crop water stress characterization, also exhibited a negative linear relationship with yield.  

About the Ogallala Aquifer

“The Ogallala Initiative is a project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). The Initiative provides permanent funding for several research projects on water conservation for the Ogallala Aquifer through a consortium between USDA-ARS, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and West Texas A&M University.”

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