The Irrigation Association has honored Jim Klauzer of Clearwater Supply in Ontario, Oregon, as the recipient of the 2018 Industry Achievement Award.
Klauzer is currently a sales agronomist with Clearwater Supply, where he focuses on selling and designing efficient drip irrigation systems.
Klauzer joined Clearwater Supply in 2000. At that time, approximately 3 percent of the onion fields in the Treasure Valley were under drip irrigation. Now, drip irrigation accounts for approximately 75 percent of the onions in the area. Klauzer has been instrumental in driving this significant increase in the use of efficient irrigation technology in both the Treasure Valley and the entire Pacific Northwest region of the United States, through Clearwater Supply.
“I’m honored to receive the Industry Achievement Award from the Irrigation Association,” Klauzer said. “Irrigation is more than a job, it’s my passion. To be recognized with the IA’s highest honor is both exciting and humbling; I look forward to joining my friends, family and colleagues this December in Long Beach to receive this recognition.”
More information about the award and additional past recipients can be found at www.irrigation.org/awards.
Klauzer will receive the Industry Achievement Award during the general session at the IA’s 2018 Irrigation Show and Education Conference in Long Beach, California, on Thursday, Dec. 6.
SOURCE: Irrigation Association
