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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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    Irrigation of sugarcane manual
    (2014) Holden, J; McGuire, P
    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.
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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.