FAIRFAX, Va. – The Irrigation Association has announced the entries in its annual new product contest. The collection of new irrigation, lighting and specialty products will be featured at the 2019 Irrigation Show and Education Week in Las Vegas, Dec. 2-6.
The contest includes new product and technology innovations introduced to the agriculture and landscape irrigation markets in the last year. This year’s contest features products in the following categories: agriculture irrigation, landscape irrigation, landscape lighting and specialty.
Visit the IA website to view the current listing of the 2019 New Product Contest entries.
“This year’s new product contest has a wide variety of innovative and improved products for the irrigation industry,” said Brent Mecham, the IA industry development director. “The industry is incorporating lots of the technology that has been used in other industries to improve the way irrigation is delivered to plants, as well as empowering those who manage irrigation systems with better data and ways to respond timely to plant water demands or irrigation system operations.”
During the Irrigation Show, each product will be reviewed by a panel of expert judges and evaluated based on innovation, design quality, increased water/resource-use efficiency, ease of use and product life expectancy.
For the first time, judging will take place live on the show floor on Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 2-5 p.m. Winners will be announced at the general session on Thursday, Dec. 5.