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    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.
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    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 funded Rural R&D for Profit programme to improve the profit of each individual irrigator enterprise across the cotton, dairy, sugar and other agricultural sectors by $20,000-$40,000 per annum.
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    Trickle investment delivers water use efficiency
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015) Pfeffer, B
    The investment in trickle-tape irrigation is yielding positive results for Burdekin farmer Aaron Linton.
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    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.
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    Efficient pumps : keeping your costs down
    (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013) Davis, M
    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 the cost of replacement.