Browsing CaneConnection articles by Subject "Irrigation"

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    • Efficient pumps : keeping your costs down 

      Davis, M (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 ...

    • Micro grids: Powering the future of irrigated sugarcane 

      Unknown author (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.

    • NCEA receives funding for smarter irrigation 

      Unknown author (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 ...

    • Quantifying benefits of harvest best practice in NSW 

      Unknown author (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.

    • Trickle investment delivers water use efficiency 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
      The investment in trickle-tape irrigation is yielding positive results for Burdekin farmer Aaron Linton.