Irrigation Training Series

The amount of weather data available to growers today seems unlimited. For any grower or professional working in agriculture, technology’s benefits are a massive advantage for crop management.

On Wednesday, David Lindsey takes us through all the weather data available through Jain Logic. This data is included with your subscription and an excellent way for growers to stay ahead of the curve.

In this session, you will learn:

We hope to see you Wednesday to learn about all the benefits Jain Logic’s weather data provides to growers.

Special Guest: David Lindsey.

Soil moisture sensors help growers save water, maximize yields and reduce labor, and are not expensive at all in relation to the crop’s value in the field. Maintaining an optimum soil moisture level is essential for healthy crops and requires a balancing act of not over or under irrigating. But what factors affect soil moisture, and what can you do to get the best yield from your crops?

In this session, you will learn:

Special Guest: Connor Cunningham.

Did you know that the world’s largest annual agricultural exposition is moving online in 2021 and on Friday you can learn how to make the most of this year’s World Ag Expo.

Our guest is Jennifer Fawkes, Marketing Manager at the International Agri- Center. She will give us all the tips and tricks to make the most of the virtual show. Her insight will help us all to learn more this year in a new way.

This year, more than 600 online exhibitors from 48 states in the U.S. and 65 countries are represented.

During this seminar, you will learn:

Special Guest: Jennifer Fawkes.

Weather information beyond temperature and simple devices like rain sensors is critical for precise irrigation management. Plant scientists teach us to balance the amount of water depleting from the landscape due to weather, the amount of water applied via irrigation, and free water from the heavens (rainfall!). Keeping the balance is key to minimizing water use and ensuring your plant and landscape assets are healthy and happy. Once you know the inches of water a plant needs to be healthy, the inches of water depleting from the landscape, and the inches of water applied by irrigation and rainfall, you can dial in precise watering control. You can’t do this without weather data gathered, analyzed, and distributed automatically.

In this session, you will learn:

We look forward to you joining us on Wednesday for this informative session on water management.

Special Guest: Gregg Black.

Every five years, Congress passes legislation that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy, commonly referred to as the “Farm Bill.”

Farm bills establish voluntary programs within USDA that seek to improve environmental quality and conservation. Several of these programs include incentives related to irrigation systems and water used for irrigation.

These bills impact you as a grower or water manager and are often not well understood. As a result, many people miss opportunities available to them through the farm bill to improve their farms, ranches, and water management. This Friday, Michael Pippen will help us understand the farm bill and its impacts on farms, ranches, and water use. This will be an information session you don’t want to miss.

In this session, you will learn:

Special Guest: Michael Pippen.

Today video is central to your ag and landscape outreach and campaign efforts especially when it comes to social media. Video is dominating the social channel and if you are not creating video you are falling behind your competition.

Over 50% of your customers are asking for video content now and the video you provide makes a difference in how they view your business. Personalized video is shaping the future of marketing, sales and customer service so you need to learn how to do it well.

Please join us Friday to learn 5 tips to help you shoot better video. In this session you will learn:

How to shoot outdoors and use the sun for better videos

Special Guest: Michael Derewenko.

If you are an irrigation pro, just getting started in the business, or a homeowner or building manager, it’s essential to understand what makes up an irrigation system. You may know all of the terminologies, but understanding each specific function and how the components work together will make your job easier. This session will also provide tips for a more efficient irrigation system allowing views to save water and save money.

In this webinar, we will cover:

Special Guest: Andy Belingheri.

If you missed the 2020 California Almond Conference, we’ve got you covered! This year’s conference was the first virtual almond conference, and it was a huge success. Almonds are one of the top economic-value export crops for California farms. They are shipped to over 100 countries around the world. 80% of the world’s supply of almonds come from California and is very important to California and the United States. The Almond Board of California is dedicated to promoting California almonds, and the virtual format they selected worked well this year.

In this Friday’s webinar, we’ll condense many of the topics and explore some of the highlights. We will cover the following:

State of the Industry Address

Special Guest: Kevin Stewart.

Last month Jain Irrigation, Inc. rolled out their first-ever water management program for growers in the Central Valley, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Grower’s interest in this service is high, and many want to learn more about the service. On Wednesday, Jeff Tuel, Executive Vice President Jain Irrigation, discusses how water management service customers receive water budgets, weekly irrigation schedules (based on your desired factors), and weekly reporting on irrigation schedule compliance. You will learn:

What water management services are offered by Jain

Water management services from Jain offer both and the opportunity for growers to learn working side by side with a water manager to understand the technology available to them today.

Special Guest: Jeff Tuel.

Pistachio trees are one of the most valuable crops grown in California’s Central Valley. With so much value, it is not hard to find a pistachio orchard while driving up and down Highway 99 or Interstate 5. Despite so many acres being dedicated to pistachio farming, pistachios are actually not native to California, they are native to the Middle East, a far cry from Fresno and Kern Counties.

Pistachios first made an appearance in the United States in the 1930’s, with increased development starting after 1960. Now, across many acres of California’s “Westside” you will easily see pistachio orchards ranging from 100 to 2,000 acres, varying in age from 7 months to 17 years.

Coming off a record setting year, the pistachio industry is primed to continue expansion.

In this session, you will learn:

Special Guest: Cory Broad.