On this week's FarmBits Episode, hosts Emily Hanson and Katie Bathke meet with Dr. Derek Heeren, Associate Professor and Irrigation Engineer at UNL to highlight irrigation management. Dr. Heeren has a passion for preparing students to be wise managers of irrigation, water resources, and agricultural engineering. In this episode, Dr. Heeren talks about the use of research based technology being incorporated to irrigation management, research projects being conducted here at UNL, and the future of ag technologies in irrigation management. Check out this episode to learn more about agriculture technologies for irrigation technologies in the digital agriculture realm.

Derek Heeren's Contact Information:

E-mail: derek.heeren@unl.edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-heeren-8209aa58/

Website: https://heeren.unl.edu/

FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

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Emily's Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilyjhanson12

Emily's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emilyhanson212

Katie Bathke's LinkedIn: Katie Bathke - University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | LinkedIn

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