TAPS


production ag competition fosters collaboration & innovation


Real-life By Matt Stockton, PhD


The University of Nebraska’s new TAPS farm management program creates a unique real-life competition and education program focusing on key inputs including irrigation.


TAPS 32 Irrigation TODAY | January 2019 I


t’s not quite the Super Bowl, but the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Testing Agriculture Performance


Solutions competition requires just as much skill and strategy — only on a different type of field.


Known as TAPS, this education and skill-building program brings together emerging and new technology, industry and education partners, along with producers, in an interactive real-world way. The program’s farm management contests create an environment for participants to test new technologies, try new management practices and


The TAPS participant panel gathers at the 2018 West Central Water and Crops Field Day in North Platte, Nebraska.


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