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During the recent Irrigation Foundation agriculture Faculty Academy, Irrigation Today caught up with a few college educators and asked them the following question:


What is the biggest challenge you face educating the next generation of irrigation professionals?


“Because technology is advancing fairly significantly, the big challenge is having access to that technology in the classroom. We try to provide as much hands-on instruction as possible and having access to the technology – which is expensive – requires strong industry sponsorship to make that happen.”


Brad Ramsdale, PhD, associate professor, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture


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“The biggest challenge with instructing the future of the industry is just getting the word out that the possibilities are endless and that the irrigation industry covers a broad spectrum that most students aren’t even aware exists.”


Steve Amador, agriculture mechanics instructor, Modesto Junior College


“The greatest challenge for me as an educator is attracting students to the irrigation profession. At the undergraduate level, attracting domestic students is difficult because those who have an interest in water have more of an interest in the environment and choose careers that cater to that. So, we have some work to do in showing the environmental relevance of the irrigation profession in terms of water sustainability, keeping our water resources clean and being good stewards of our soil.” Derek Heeren, PE, PhD, irrigation engineer and


assistant professor, University of Nebraska – Lincoln 38 Irrigation TODAY | October 2017 For more information, visit


www.irrigation.org or call 703.536.7080.


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