IA prepares for Smart Irrigation Month in July
The Irrigation Association designated July as Smart Irrigation Month. This monthlong initiative promotes the importance of smart irrigation practices. read more
IA webinar covers water conservation approaches in turfgrass systems
The Irrigation Association will hold a webinar entitled "Water Conservation Approaches in Turfgrass Systems" on Tuesday, April 6 from 2-3 p.m. ET. read more
Irrigation Association names newly elected directors
The Irrigation Association (IA) appointed four new members to its board of directors. The new members are: John McPhee, general manager of irrigation and lighting for The Toro Company (Riverside, Calif.) Katie Powell, president of Munro Cos. (Grand Junction, Colo.) Michael Roberts, Ph.D., director for Rain Bird Corp.(Tucson, Ariz.) Ted Santiesteban, director of operations for Irrigation Components International (Daphne, Ala.)... read more
Jain Irrigation’s Unity wins IA’s People’s Choice Award
Jain Irrigation’s Jain Unity, the company’s patented automatic irrigation scheduling software and environmental services platform, has won the Irrigation Association’s (IA) 2020 People’s Choice Award in the Specialty Landscape Irrigation category of the New Product Contest. The contest, which is usually held during the annual Irrigation Show and Education Week, was hosted online by the IA this year due to... read more
Irrigation Association names new product contest winners
The Irrigation Association (IA) has unveiled the winners of its 2020 New Product Contest. The contest is usually held during the annual Irrigation Show and Education Week, but this year the IA hosted it online. By going virtual, the new products and technologies entered in the contest were given expanded coverage through dedicated product profile pages on the IA’s Education... read more
Pushing boundaries in the irrigation industry
For the Irrigation Association’s first virtual Women in Irrigation conference, more than 80 women hailing from the U.S., Canada, Spain and Portugal participated. Of those 80-plus women, more than 50 percent had one to five years of experience in the irrigation industry. “I’ve seen more and more women come into the industry,” said speaker Denise Mullikin, vice president of domestic... read more
