Browsing by Subject "Irrigation"
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An assessment of surge-irrigation in the Burdekin : Final report CSR35
(1992)Furrow irrigation is the natural choice for sugarcane. It is relatively cheap to operate and generally not capital intensive, However in operation furrow irrigation has distinct limitations. It is generally inefficient in ... -
APSIM based determination of irrigation attributes and best use of limited water in supplementary irrigation areas of the Australian sugar industry
(2000)The current industry focus on improving irrigation efficiency has identified the need for a better understanding of the potential gains from irrigation and use of irrigation resources in many sugar producing regions. This ... -
Beneficial use irrigation strategies with treated urban effluent : Final report 972471
(2000)Objectives for research:1. To identify the demand for effluent water by comparing three levels of water application to assess economics of crop response to water, and the impact on balancing storage capacity;2. To select ... -
Cane grower implemented drying-off irrigation scheduling on the tablelands : SRDC Final report BSS304
(2010)The project set out to develop simple measurement methods which could be implemented by cane growers to increase sucrose yields by indicating when to dry-off mature cane crops and when to provide additional irrigation due ... -
Delivering web-based irrigation management : SRDC Final report BSS297
(2009)This project furthered the development of WaterSense. This is a web-based sugarcane irrigation scheduling and planning tool that allows the user to optimise irrigation inputs over multiple fields and enhance potential ... -
Efficient pumps : keeping your costs down
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)Knowing how much a pump costs to run and how efficiently it is pumping makes it easier to decide what to change. Replacing a pump is a significant investment, but poorly performing pumps could be costing more to run than ... -
Efficient use of water resources in sugar production; optimising the use of limited water under supplementary irrigation
(2000)About 60% of sugar produced in Australia depends on irrigation. In some regions, production would be impossible without irrigation; in others, irrigation is used to supplement rainfall. It can improve production and reduce ... -
Evaluating alternative irrigation for a greener future
(2011)The potential agronomic and environmental benefits of green cane harvesting and trash blanketing, the ongoing issues of nutrients and pesticides threatening the Great Barrier Reef, the rising ground water levels in the ... -
Factors affecting cane farm productivity and profitability in the Bundaberg district
(1993)At the request of the Bundaberg Cane Productivity Committee, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries carried out a study to identify factors affecting the level of sugar yields and reasons for variation in the level ... -
Implementation of the Rocky Point Strategic Plan as a model for local area industry development : SRDC Final report BSS247
(2002)The Rocky Point Strategic Plan was initiated as a direct result of concern from both growers and the sugar mill about the future viability of the local industry. The aim was to follow a similar procedure to the Maryborough ... -
Increased adoption of efficient sustainable irrigation practices by Australian canegrowers : SRDC Final report BS127S
(1997)SRDC funded the three-year project 'Increased Adoption of Efficient, Sustainable Irrigation Practices by Australian Canegrowers in July 1994. The broad objectives of the project were to; Determine perceived limits to ... -
Increased profitability and water use efficiency through best use of limited water under supplementary irrigation : SRDC Final report CSE001
(SRDC, 2005)The objectives of this project towards increased profitability and water use efficiency was to: -
Irrigation of sugarcane manual
(2014)Sugarcane is a plant that originated in wet tropical regions such as Hawaii and Papua New Guinea. Therefore, to achieve maximum productivity, it requires an abundant supply of water from either rainfall or irrigation. -
Irrigation water use in the Eton irrigation scheme
(1994)The objectives of the survey were: to determine irrigation management strategies used by the canegrowers; to determine water use efficiency for individual blocks; and to identify irrigation practices which affect water use ... -
Micro grids: Powering the future of irrigated sugarcane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Using a combination of renewable energy, battery storage or mechanical storage could be the most cost effective and efficient way to power irrigation on sugarcane farms, according to a new report. -
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
(2010)The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation was a unique collaboration as it involved governments, irrigators, water providers and researchers from across Australia. It covered every aspect of irrigation from dam ... -
NCEA receives funding for smarter irrigation
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)Dr Joseph Foley and a team of National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA) researchers have started working with 16 R&D partners and up to 19 farmer-managed learning sites in a $3.7 million Federal Government ... -
Productivity improvements through energy innovation in the Australian sugar industry : final report 2017/011
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)Water pumping forms a significant portion of energy use in Australian irrigated agriculture. Water for Australia’s $2 billion annual sugarcane crop is from precipitation and irrigation. As an irrigated industry in a variable ... -
Quantifying benefits of harvest best practice in NSW
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)With in-field harvesting losses under the spotlight in New South Wales, industry members realised the best way to address the issue was to look at it from a whole of supply chain perspective. -
SRDC Research Project final report Increased CCS, cane yield and water use efficiency by exploiting interactions between genetics and management
(2009)In October 2003 delegates at an international workshop on sugarcane physiology funded by SRDC concluded that priority should be directed at a better understanding of traits responsible for high yield and high sucrose ...