Episode 56 - Farm Bill, Xeriscaping and Royal Wedding Talk

St. James's Park in London

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Episode Highlights:

• [00:45] Brent is back - and it's his birthday!
  
  
• [4:03] The Birthday Game 
  
  
  • Mike Myers​
    
    
  • Ian McKellen
    
    
  • Larry Hogan
    
    
• [7:25] John's royal wedding stories - John was in London during the royal wedding.
  
  
• [15:00] House farm bill update - The House farm bill failed a recent floor vote.
  
  
• [19:10] Irrigation Innovation Consortium - The Irrigation Innovation Consortium os a collaborative research effort to accelerate the development and adoption of water-efficient irrigation technologies and practices through public-private partnerships.
  
  
  • The IIC is composed of the following initial founding members:
    • California State University, Fresno
    • Colorado State University
    • Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska
    • Irrigation Association
    • Jain Irrigation
    • Kansas State Research and Extension, Kansas State University
    • Lindsay Corporation
    • Northern Water
    • Rubicon Water
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Research
      
      
• [25:50] Xeriscaping - our perspectives on xeriscaping.
  

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