Irrigated Crop Production Update (ICPU) 2023 will be held as a one-day, in person conference on Thursday, January 26 ^th at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge.

For more details and registration, please click here to visit the event page.

• Early Bird admission ($75) is available until Monday, January 9 ^th by using promo code: EARLYBIRD.
• A limited number of exhibitor tables will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Previously, this conference had been hosted by Alberta Agriculture, and it is now being coordinated by Lethbridge College with the help of organizing committee members from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, Alberta Pulse Growers, Alberta Wheat and Barley, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Bennen Farms, Canola Council of Canada, Lethbridge College, Plants Dig Soil, Quattro Farms, Stamp Seeds, and the University of Lethbridge.

The St. Mary River Irrigation District and Taber Irrigation District completed their planned amalgamation effective August 1, 2022 as a result of a Ministerial Order signed by Honorable Nate Horner, Minster of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development.

The two districts petitioned the Minister on December 17, 2021 after each district voted in favor of amalgamation in the Fall of 2021. 

Both the St. Mary River and Taber Irrigation Districts have proud histories dating back to the early 1900s when the St. Mary River irrigation project was first completed bringing water from the Rocky Mountains to the prairie farmland in Southern Alberta. The amalgamated district will be known as the St. Mary River Irrigation District in recognition of the St. Mary River which is the shared water source for the amalgamated district. 

Click each image to open in a new window to download and share. These images are 1600px X 900px for best use on Twitter.