CERTIFICATION


Growing experience


Jim Reid went from farmer to certified irrigation designer with the IA’s certification program.


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efore Jim Reid, CAIS, CID, was president of Reid Brothers Irrigation & Equipment, Americus, Georgia, he spent years working on his family’s farm, picking up experience in the field.


When the opportunity arose to take charge of an irrigation equipment dealership, he and his brother scaled back their farm work, something they’d been part of for about 25 years. To make sure he had the tools he needed to provide expert insight to farmers, he went to design school.


“I’ve been irrigating since 1978. I thought I knew a lot about irrigation,” says Reid. “I tell people that if a ruler represents everything you could possibly know about irrigation, I realized I knew about 1/28.”


His degree was in business, and the work he was taking on required the understanding of an engineer. When he asked his instructor about how he could learn what he was missing, they directed him toward the certification programs at the Irrigation Association.


By Kyle Brown


16 Irrigation TODAY | Summer 2024


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