1. Center for Irrigation Technology We’ve Developed Technologies: Now We Need to Invest in Helping Use Them Efficiently California Irrigation Institute (CII) conference David F. Zoldoske, Director Center for Irrigation Technology California State University, Fresno

2. Today’s Discussion on Ag Technology  What Technologies have been Successfully Deployed and to What Scale?  What New and Promising Technologies are not yet Commercialized?  What Challenges Exist to Expanding or Improving Technologies for Ag Irrigation? Center for Irrigation Technology

3. What Technologies have Successfully Deployed and to What Scale? Center for Irrigation Technology Irrigation Methods in California 1977-2010

4. What Technologies have been Successfully Deployed and to What Scale? Center for Irrigation Technology PSI

5. Center for Irrigation Technology What New and Promising Technologies are not yet (fully)Commercialized?

6. What Challenges Exist to Expanding or Improving Technologies for Ag Irrigation? “An Analysis of Mobile Laboratory Irrigation System evaluation Data: Agricultural Systems” Blain Hanson, Wil Bowers: Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA Bayohay Davidoff: State Department of Water Resources, Sacramento CA Arturo Carajol: Mobile Laboratory, State Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA Center for Irrigation Technology Systems Distribution Uniformity

7. Center for Irrigation Technology What Challenges Exist to Expanding or Improving Technologies for Ag Irrigation

8. Center for Irrigation Technology What Challenges Exist to Expanding or Improving Technologies for Ag Irrigation? Irrigation Scheduling

9. Summary  Educate the Grower  Information/data needs to be available and actionable to the grower  Incentivize corrective actions/verify  Continue to Educate the Grower Center for Irrigation Technology

10. Questions ? Thank You !