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From the CEO


Autumn’s bounty By Deborah M. Hamlin, CAE, FASAE


In North America, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter. It also marks the primary harvest, typically the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season.


At the Irrigation Association, we change seasons as well, and our autumn is very labor- intensive. Not only do we continue promoting efficient irrigation through advocacy and professional development, but we also organize the largest trade show dedicated to irrigation. Last year in Las Vegas, over 5,000 people registered to attend the Irrigation Show and Education Conference. As I write this column, our numbers for this year in Orlando are the highest we have ever had this far out. We are on target to host 300 exhibiting companies ready to show their latest technologies, along with a robust education program of technical sessions, in-depth design classes and CAD learning labs dedicated to agricultural irrigation.


If you are a grower who is considering installing or upgrading your irrigation system, this event will show you everything new under the sun. Or if you are an irrigation manager who wants to be better at scheduling or find out about the latest wireless technologies, this is the place for you.


At the same time, our Irrigation Foundation uses this opportunity to host students and faculty at the show, to expose them to all of the potential of this industry. Our hope is that students become captivated by the opportunities within the irrigation profession and that the teachers will promote careers in irrigation to our future workforce.


Like our grower partners, our hard work in the fall brings great bounty. The results of our labor are better-educated irrigation managers, more informed decision-makers, a smarter pool of future employees, and in the end, a more efficient use of water in irrigation.


If proper irrigation is key to your business success, consider joining us in Orlando, November 6 – 10. You will be happy you did.


For information about the 2017 Irrigation Show and Education Conference, see pg. 36 – 37 or visitwww.irrigationshow.org.


We welcome your feedback. Please send letters to the editor — or just let us know how we are doing — to Anne Blankenbiller at anneblankenbiller@irrigation.org. We’d love to hear from you.


IA Government and Public Affairs Director John Farner; Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Executive Director Sally Rockey, PhD; and IA CEO Deborah Hamlin meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss the irrigation consortium project.


6 Irrigation TODAY | October 2017


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