A partnership of Tasmanian farmers who privately funded their own irrigation initiative to help prevent recurring crop and production losses resulting from drought is now extending the benefits of their brainchild by upgrading and extending the Macquarie Settlement Pipeline in partnership with Water Dynamics.   The Macquarie Settlement Partnership, centred…

Cortina Pastoral is further boosting the productivity and ROI on its 1200ha Greenways Limestone Coast property by installing an irrigation project with multiple present-day and future benefits.   Cortina Pastoral’s principal, Richard Gould, enlisted the expertise of Water Dynamics in Mount Gambier to efficiently set up two low-maintenance, hydraulically operated…

This year’s shortage of potatoes – particularly the ones used to make chips – saw prices rise to the point that some big fast food outlets even contemplated the possibility of importing suitable spuds for our golden plateful.   The cause of the threat to this national favourite dish was…

Irrigated agriculture represents 20 percent of the planet’s total cultivated land and contributes 40 percent of the total food produced globally, says the World Bank.   And not only is irrigation a critical input for agricultural production in Australia, but also it plays an important role in food security and…

With farmers and rural landowners now facing an El Nino drier climate cycle, more pastoral and livestock properties are enhancing their value and productive capacity with rugged, reliable and low-maintenance irrigation systems.   We are finding a definite uptick in inquiries and installations. Some are for prime properties, which is…

A Victorian turf industry leader, Big River Instant Turf, is expanding its production with low-maintenance irrigation to cater for rising demand for its product from some of the State’s fastest-growing urban areas.   The family-owned company, directed by Joe Erceg, saw the future for clean/green product more than 20 years…