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MANHATTAN — The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation is happy to announce the provision of funds within the type of value share help and incentive funds to help landowners with irrigation effectivity expertise. The funding is supplied by appropriation from the State Water Plan Fund and this system is run by conservation districts throughout the state.

This initiative is designed to advertise irrigation effectivity by offering value share help to landowners for automated cellular drip irrigation techniques, autonomous pivot techniques, water meter monitoring software program subscriptions, bubbler nozzle packages, and distant monitoring techniques (soil moisture probes included as a part of system).

Eligible tasks should be positioned inside Kansas groundwater administration districts 1 by 5. Applications are at the moment being accepted, and tasks can be authorised starting on November 1, 2023, till all funds have been allotted. Equipment purchases and subscriptions made earlier than software approval usually are not eligible for this initiative.

Applications for this irrigation expertise value share funding should be made by native conservation districts.

For software help and particulars about funding eligibility, together with extra info regarding different obtainable companies, please contact your native conservation district workplace. A listing of Conservation Districts may be discovered at agriculture.ks.gov/ConservationDistricts.