Location: Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research
Project Number: 5070-13610-009-004-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 2, 2025
End Date: Sep 1, 2026
Objective:
Evaluate and improve irrigated crop production and irrigation management in southeast Missouri.
Approach:
ARS and Cooperator will conduct crop production research in southeast Missouri relating to evaluating and improving irrigated crop production and irrigation management. This research will include studies on agricultural experiment stations as well as
on cooperator's farms. Agronomic studies will be conducted for a range of Mid-south crops, such as rice, cotton, corn, soybean, and peanut. Studies will include: 1) refining irrigation scheduling methods for Mid-South crops; (2) evaluating the impact of soil tillage on water use efficiency and cotton production; (3) determining optimal seeding rates for irrigated cotton, and (4) evaluating irrigation management for insect control in peanut production.