The 2025 C.M. SIRP Field Day is Planned for Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 8207 GA-37, Camilla, GA 31730.
Please RSVP By July 21 at SIRP@uga.edu or by calling 229-522-3623.
The faculty and staff at the C. M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park invite anyone interested to come learn from experts on how they use science and technology to help growers determine crop water needs, how to use water wisely, and enhance food, feed, and fiber production through best irrigation management practices.
8:00 AM Registration at the main office building at SIRP.
8:30 AM Welcome: Amilcar Vargas, Superintendent
Research Farm Update: BJ Washington, Farm Manager
Overview of Mitchell Co. agriculture: Brian Hayes, UGA Mitchell County Extension ANR Agent/CEC
9:00 AM Field Tour A
Stop 1 – Oak tree
Importance of fungicides on cotton, peanuts, and corn (Dr. Kemerait, 10 min)
Peanut breeding program update (Dr. Brown, 10 min)
Stop 2 – Pivot point
Cotton response to PGR and irrigation (Dr. Snider/Jayson Wisekal, 10 min)
Stop 3 – Lindsay lateral
Corn fertility and irrigation (Dr. Sintim, 10 min)
Corn planting spacing (Bryan Hayes, 10 min)
10:00 AM Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nick Place, Dean, College of Ag and Environmental Sciences, UGA.
10:20 AM Break, Visit with Sponsors
11:00 AM Field Tour B
Stop 1 – Newton lateral
Irrigation scheduling: SmartIrrigation CropFit App (Dr. Vellidis/Vinicius Trevisan, 15 min)
Stop 2 – Camilla lateral
Cotton irrigation scheduling (Dr. Porter/Sarah Elizabeth Thompson, 10 min)
Peanut irrigation scheduling (Dr. Porter/Hannah Grubbs, 10 min)
Peanut physiological response to irrigation regimes (Dr. Pilon, 10 min)
Stop 3 – Lindsay lateral
Corn water response using drone imagery (Dr. Lacerda, 10 min)
Corn nitrogen rates and irrigation (Mohit Kumar, 10 min)
12:15 PM Sponsored lunch, Visit with Sponsors
Thank You to All of the Sponsors of this Field Day!
