Burdette Barker

Publications | Abstracts

• Yost, M., Schad, J., Barker, B., Null, S., (2025). Advancing Utah’s Secure Water Future: Irrigation Organizations and Water Market Uptake. *
• Yost, M., Barker, B., (2025). Agricultural Water Conservation Solutions for the Great Salt Lake Basin. *
• Yost, M., Barker, B., (2025). Assessment of Hydraulic Properties of Soil using Field-Installed Sensors in Comparison to Lab Measurements. *
• Yost, M., Jones, S.B, Barker, B., Cardon, G., (2025). Deep percolation losses associated with automated surge irrigation systems in Utah. *
• Yost, M., Barker, B., Torres-Rua, A., (2025). Estimating evapotranspiration of various agricultural water optimization practices using soil moisture sensors. *
• Yost, M., Barker, B., Jones, S.B, (2025). Estimation of Water Losses and Recharge in Agricultural Water Balance Modeling using in-situ Field-Installed Sensors. *
• Yost, M., Jones, S.B, Cardon, G., Stock, M., Barker, B., (2025). Simulating Soil Hydrodynamic Properties Under Conventional and Soil Health Practices Using Hydrus-1D. *
• Schumacher, B., Yost, M., Schad, J., Barker, B., Null, S., (2025). Agricultural Water Manager Perspectives on Water Markets in Utah. *
• Singh, T., Yost, M., Barker, B., Jones, S.B, (2025). Characterizing Hydraulic Properties of Soils Using Field-Installed Sensors to Estimate Groundwater Recharge. *
• Okorie, B., Yost, M., Jones, S.B, Cardon, G., Stock, M., Barker, B., (2025). Crop Productivity in Traditional Vs. Modernized Wheel-Line Irrigation Systems on Small-to-Medium Scale Farms in Utah. *
• Singh, T., Yost, M., Barker, B., Jones, S.B, (2025). Estimating Deep Percolation Using Water, Salt, and Biomass Balance Model Using Field-Installed Soil Moisture Sensors. *
• Singh, T., Yost, M., Torres-Rua, A., Barker, B., (2025). Estimating evapotranspiration of various agricultural water optimization practices using soil moisture sensors. *
• Hashemi, M., Singh, T., Yost, M., Torres-Rua, A., Barker, B., (2025). Evaluating Openet Products to Assess Agriculture Water Optimization Practices in the Colorado River and Great Salt Lake Basins. *
• Hashemi, M., Yost, M., Torres-Rua, A., Barker, B., (2025). Evaluating water optimization strategies for agriculture in the Colorado River and the Great Basin Watersheds. *
• Singh, T., Deep, K., Yost, M., Barker, B., (2025). Unlocking soils potential: Hydraulics and health under conservation tillage. *
• Singh, T., Hashemi, M., Yost, M., Torres-Rua, A., Barker, B., (2025). Using soil moisture sensors to evaluate water use and efficiency of water optimization options for the intermountain west. *
• Bai, G., Barker, B., Scoby, D., Irmak, S., Luck, J.D, Neale, C.M, Schnable, J.C, (2023). Leveraging Proximal Imaging and Environmental Data for High-Resolution ET Modeling at Plot Scale. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting *
• Bai, G., Scoby, D., Suyker, A., Neale, C.M, Maguire, M., Barker, B., Ge, Y., (2022). Estimating evapotranspiration for crop breeding at the plot scale using energy balance and crop coefficients. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting *
• Akasheh, S.Z, Goncalves, I.Z, Neale, C.M, Barker, B., Safa, B., Martin, D.L, (2019). Mapping Riparian Vegetation Evapotranspiration Using Multispectral and Thermal Remote Sensing over the Republican River, Nebraska. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting *
• Bhatti, S., Heeren, D.M, Barker, B., Neale, C.M, Woldt, W., Maguire, M., (2019). Site-specific irrigation management in a sub-humid climate using a spatial evapotranspiration model with satellite and airborne imagery. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting *
• Kovalskyy, V., Devecigil, D., Neale, C.M, Barker, B., (2018). Scientific challenges in building and testing image based irrigation recommendation services. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting *
• Koehler-Cole, K., Elmore, R.W, Blanco, H., Shapiro, C., Proctor, C., Heeren, D., Barker, B., Francis, C., Shaver, T., Stockton, M., (2017). Management and Implications of Cover Crops in No-till Corn and Soybean Systems in Nebraska. ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meeting *
• Campos, I., Barker, B., Neale, C.M, Suyker, A.E, Arkebauer, T.J, (2016). Combining Energy and Soil Water Balances Based on Remote Sensing Inputs for Monitoring Irrigated and Rainfed Agriculture. American Meteorological Society Meeting *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Fact Sheets

• Barker, B., Yost, M., Bildim, S., (2025). Quantifying depletion differences from irrigation practice changes in Utah. USU Extension
• Yost, M., Anderson, C., Barker, B., (2025). Utah surface irrigation water optimization opportunities and barriers. USU Extension
• Gunnell, J., Barker, B., Beddes, T., (2025). Do it Yourself Guide to Drip Irrigation.
• Yost, M., Anderson, C., Allen, N., Barker, B., Heaton, M., Clawson, J., Creech, J.E, (2024). Deficit irrigation of pastures. Utah State University Extension
• Barker, B., Cardon, G., Yost, M., Creech, J.E, Gale, J.A, Stock, M., (2024). Managing saline and sodic soils and irrigation water. Utah State University Extension
• Barker, B., Stewart, S., Nelson, M., (2024). Maintaining and Improving Irrigation Application Uniformity in Sprinkler and Drip Systems. USU Extension
• Yost, M., Holt, J., Anderson, C., Molaei, B., Peters, T., Barker, B., Larsen, D., (2023). Guide to pivot wheel track management.
• Barker, B., Cardon, G., Yost, M., Stock, M., Creech, E., Gale, J.A, (2023). Management of saline and sodic soils and irrigation water. USU Extension
• Flint, E., Yost, M., Peters, T., Anderson, C., Barker, B., Hansen, N., (2023). Precision irrigation guide for center pivots. Utah State University Extension
• Barker, B., Yost, M., Rivers, E., Miller, R.L, Taylor, K., Evans, T., (2023). Irrigation water quality sampling guide. Utah State University
• Yost, M., Barker, B., Zesiger, C., Gale, J.A, Clawson, J., Nelson, R., Palmer, M.D, Pace, M., Reid, C., Price, S., Creech, J.E, Ransom, C., Cardon, G., (2023). 50 Common Questions About Field Crops. USU Extension
• Barker, B., Yost, M., Zesiger, C., (2023). Agricultural Irrigated Land and Irrigation Water Use in Utah. USU Extension
• Barker, B., Yost, M., Gale, J.A, Nelson, R., (2023). Understanding irrigation water optimization. Utah State University Extension
• Barker, B., Zesiger, C., Yost, M., (2023). Accurate Irrigation Water Flow Measurement in Pipes.
• Zesiger, C., Barker, B., Null, S., Creech, J.E, Yost, M., Larsen, R., Dallin, J., (2023). Agriculture water use and economic value in the Great Salt Lake Basin.
• Mufute, N., Yost, M., Barker, B., Taylor, K., Nelson, R., Violett, R., Gale, J.A, (2022). Ten Considerations for Solar-Powered Irrigation in Utah. USU Extension
• Yost, M., Allen, L., Burchfield, E., Barker, B., (2022). First county-level view of irrigation trends in Utah and the West. USU Extension
• Crookston, B., Yost, M., Barker, B., (2022). Water loss and recovery of irrigation systems. USU Extension
• Lo, T., Rudnick, D.R, Ge, Y., Heeren, D.M, Irmak, S., Barker, B., Qiao, X., Shaver, T.M, (2018). Ground-based thermal sensing of field crops and its relevance to irrigation management.
• Heeren, D.M, Barker, B., Lo, T., Melvin, S.R, Martin, D.L, Luck, J.D, (2017). Considerations in adopting variable rate irrigation. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Gonçalves, I.Z, Barker, B., Neale, C.M, Martin, D.L, Akasheh, S.Z, (2025). Assessing Riparian Evapotranspiration Dynamics in a Water Conflict Region in Nebraska, USA. Water, 17:20, 2949. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w17202949
• Yost, M., Gale, J.A, Nelson, R., Wilde, T., Taylor, K., Creech, J.E, Barker, B., (2025). Impact of three irrigation scheduling tools on irrigation and alfalfa productivity under center pivots. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 89:4, doi: 10.1002/saj2.70101
• Yost, M., Barker, B., Creech, J.E, Bugbee, B.G, (2025). Impacts of irrigation system, irrigation rate, and cultivar on hemp production in the semiarid Intermountain West. Agrosystems Geosciences and Environment, 8:2, doi: 10.1002/agg2.70083
• Yost, M., Creech, J.E, Barker, B., Reid, C., (2025). Irrigation technology, irrigation dose, and crop genetic impacts on alfalfa yield and quality. Agricultural Water Management, 311, doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109366
• Bai, G., Barker, B., Scoby, D., Irmak, S., Luck, J.D, Neale, C.M, Schnable, J.C, Awada, T., Kustas, W.P, Ge, Y., (2024). High-throughput physiological phenotyping of crop evapotranspiration at the plot scale. Field Crops Research, 316, 109507. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109507
• Mufute, N.L, Yost, M., Larsen, D., Barker, B., Peters, T., Zamora-Re, M., (2024). Center-pivot maintenance trends in the western united states. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 150:3, doi: 10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-10209
• Holt, J., Yost, M., Creech, J.E, Barker, B., (2023). Improving pivot ruts with simple sprinkler modifications. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 149:12, doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-10188
• Holt, J., Yost, M., Creech, J.E, Winward, D., Barker, B., (2023). On-farm assessments of overhead irrigation sprinkler packages at full and reduced rates. Soil Science Society of America Journal, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20611
• Sullivan, T., Yost, M., Boren, D., Creech, J.E, Kitchen, B.M, Violett, R., Barker, B., (2023). Impacts of Irrigation Technology, Irrigation Rate, and Drought-Tolerant Genetics on Silage Corn Production . Agronomy, 13:5, 1194. doi: 10.3390/agronomy13051194
• Bhatti, S., Heeren, D.M, Barker, B., Neale, C.M, Woldt, W.E, Maguire, M.S, Rudnick, D.R, (2020). Site-specific irrigation management in a sub-humid climate using a spatial evapotranspiration model with satellite and airborne imagery. Agricultural Water Management, 230, 105950. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105950
• Barker, B., Woldt, W.E, Wardlow, B.D, Neale, C.M, Maguire, M.S, Leavitt, B.C, Heeren, D.M, (2019). Calibration of a common shortwave multispectral camera system for quantitative applications. Precision Agriculture, 21, 922-935. doi: 10.1007/s11119-019-09701-6
• Barker, B., Bhatti, S., Heeren, D.M, Neale, C.M, Rudnick, D.R, (2019). Variable rate irrigation of maize and soybean in west-central Nebraska under full and deficit irrigation. Frontiers in Big Data, 2, 34. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2019.00034
• Miller, K.A, Luck, J.D, Heeren, D.M, Lo, T., Martin, D.L, Barker, B., (2018). A geospatial variable rate irrigation control scenario evaluation methodology based on mining root zone available water capacity. Precision Agriculture, 19, 666-683. doi: 10.1007/s11119-017-9548-z
• Barker, B., D.M, Koehler-Cole, K., Shapiro, C.S, Blanco-Canqui, H., Elmore, R.W, Proctor, C.A, Irmak, S., Francis, C.A, Shaver, T.M, Mohmmed, A.T, (2018). Cover crops have negligible impact on soil water in Nebraska maize-soybean rotation. Agronomy Journal, 110:5, 1718-1730. doi: 10.2134/agronj2017.12.0739
• Barker, B., Neale, C.M, Heeren, D.M, Suyker, A.E, (2018). Evaluation of a hybrid reflectance-based crop coefficient and energy balance evapotranspiration model for irrigation management. Agricultural Water Management, 203, 63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2018.02.022
• Barker, B., Heeren, D.M, Neale, C.M, Rudnick, D.R, (2018). Evaluation of variable rate irrigation using a remote-sensing-based model. Transactions of the ASABE, 61:2, 533-548. doi: 10.13031/trans.12311
• Lo, T., Heeren, D.M, Mateos, L., Luck, J.D, Martin, D.L, Miller, K.A, Barker, B., Shaver, T.M, (2017). Field characterization of field capacity and root zone available water capacity for variable rate Irrigation. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 33:4, 559-572. doi: 10.13031/aea.11963
• Barker, B., Franz, T.E, Heeren, D.M, Neale, C.M, Luck, J.D, (2017). Soil Water Content Monitoring for Irrigation Management: A Geostatistical Analysis. Agricultural Water Management, 188, 36-49. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.024
• Lecina, S., Hill, R.W, Barker, B., (2016). Irrigation uniformity under different socio-economic conditions: evaluation of center pivots in Aragon (Spain) and Utah (USA). Irrigation and Drainage, 65:4, 549-559. doi: 10.1002/ird.2031

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Barker, B., Yost, M., Bildim, S., (2025). Quantifying Depletion Changes from Irrigation Optimization in Utah. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Utah State University
• Hill, R.W, Barker, B., Lewis, C.S, (2011). Crop and Wetland Consumptive Use and Open Water Surface Evaporation for Utah. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station *
• Hill, R.W, Barker, B., (2010). Verification of Turfgrass Evapotranspiration in Utah. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Bulletins

• Hansen, S., Beddes, T., Barker, B., Butler, A., (2023). Water Recommendations for Vegetables.

Other

• Yost, M., Barker, B., Peters, T., (2024). Depletion Differences for Irrigation System Changes (DISC). USU Extension *
• Peters, T., Yost, M., Barker, B., (2024). Irrigation Conversion Water Savings Destination Calculator. *
• Peters, T., Yost, M., Barker, B., (2023). Irrigation Technology Cost/Benefit Analysis Calculator. *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.