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Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure irrigation delivers cost savings and yield gains

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Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure irrigation delivers cost savings and yield gains

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Project lead

CANEGROWERS

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Industries

Cane farming

Activities

On-ground work

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Funding source

Australian Government Reef Programme


Queensland Government Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative – Irrigation Futures

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Summary

A direct comparison between a new low pressure centre pivot and a high pressure soft hose irrigator has shown savings of $33 a hectare on Tony, Mark and John Bugeja’s Mackay district farm. The public can see how the farm is fed by recycled water and how all run-off is collected in a dam to ensure the system has environmental as well as economic benefits.

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Last updated: 13 November 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure irrigation delivers cost savings and yield gains, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/virtual-bus-tour-low-pressure-irrigation-delivers-cost-savings-and-yield-gains-651a/

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation