Water Technology Farms Being Implemented In Response To Vision

By K-State Research and Extension

A new type of farm has been established in Kansas with a primary focus on water conservation in addition to crops and livestock.

Three Water Technology Farms have been created recently in response to public input and identified in the Long-Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in Kansas (Water Vision). They are demonstration farms that allow the installation and testing of the latest irrigation technologies on a whole field scale.

Throughout the past two years of the public input process of the Water Vision, producers shared with the team the state was diverse enough that each tool would not necessarily produce the same results and solutions could not be treated as a one size fits all. Director of the Kansas Water Office Tracy Streeter believed demonstration farms featuring the latest developed technology for water conservation was the best way to test the tools in each region.