Irrigated Soils
Intermediate | Agriculture, Landscape & Golf | 2 CEUs
Friday, Dec. 4 | 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Clarence Prestwich, USDA-NRCS West National Technology Support Center
Learn the essentials of the soil-water relationship. This course covers soil components, formation, physical properties and textural classes; water movement in the soil; and water uptake by plants.
Member $130 | Nonmember $160 (includes handouts)
Pump Controls & Package Systems
(formerly Advanced Pumps)
Advanced | Agriculture, Landscape & Golf | 4 CEUs
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Instructor: Bob Jansen, Cornell Pump Company
Learn about pump controls with a focus on variable frequency drives as well as “packaged” pump stations.
Member $190 | Nonmember $240 (includes handouts)
Soil-Plant-Air-Continuum
Advanced | Agriculture, Landscape & Golf | 2 CEUs
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Instructors: John Raffiani, Raffiani’s Automatic Sprinkler Service, and Larry King, Retired
Master advanced concepts related to the soil-plant-air-continuum. This course covers how plants use water for transpiration and photosynthesis, store energy from the sun for use by other living things, and use and emit carbon and oxygen in a continuous cycle that is essential to life.
Member $130 | Nonmember $160 (includes handouts)
Understanding Pumps
(formerly Pumps & Pumping Systems)
Beginner | Agriculture, Landscape & Golf | 4 CEUs
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Instructor: Bob Jansen, Cornell Pump Company
Learn about the types of pumps used in irrigation, pump performance, reading pump curves, making pump selections and an intro to basic pump controls.
Member $190 | Nonmember $240 (includes manual)