equipment

Irrigation Insights Number 1 - Soil Water Monitoring

This Irrigation Insights information package brings together information on current equipment and techniques for measuring and monitoring soil water status, extending to their use as controllers in automatic irrigation systems. The main part of the package focuses on equipment with agents and backup within Australia. The hub of the publication is a collection of tables summarising the main product features. This enables product features to be compared quickly. As well as technical data, there is also (more)...

Irrigation Insights 1 - Information Package on Soil Water Monitoring

This Irrigation Insights information package brings together information on current equipment and techniques for measuring and monitoring soil water status, extending to their use as controllers in automatic irrigation systems. We have limited the equipment described here to those products with agents and backup within Australia. The hub of the publication is a collection of tables summarising the main product features. This enables you to compare product features. As well as technical data, there is (more)...

Irrigation Update No. 5: Newsletter of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation

In this issue:

• Passion the hallmark of new chairman - Introducing the new chairman for the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
• Project proves value of engaging community - A project focusing on promoting stakeholder participation in research is proving the value of involving the community from the earliest stages
• Testing the waters - A research team is about to test new equipment in the field with producers

Performance testing of automatic irrigation equipment for surface irrigation

The AITC, in collaboration with Goulburn-Murray Water, NSW Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Victoria and automatic flood irrigation equipment (AFIE) manufacturers, undertook the project Performance Testing of Automatic Irrigation Equipment for Flood Irrigation. The project was sponsored by the National Program for Irrigation Research and Development (NPIRD). The project objectives (more)...