farm irrigation Articles
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A farm irrigation pond contaminated with diesel case study
Due to a broken supply line a Yorkshire farm had a diesel oil spillage of approximately 1300 litres which contaminated the adjacent soil and the farm irrigation lagoon. Scientific Environmental Technologies (SET) were commissioned by the loss adjusters to bioremediate the contaminated site. SET chose Amnite P100 hydrocarbon degrading bacteria as the biological agent to break down the diesel ...
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Turf Farm Irrigation Scheme - Case Study
Description: Irrigation of 100 hectares of turf for commercial sale. Location: Sunshine Coast SE QLD Scope:Turf Farm Irrigation Design supply installation and commissioning of pumping, pipeline and irrigation system including chemical injection for pH adjustment. Dual 30 kw electric pump sets with electrical control ,150mm PVC pipeline, Trailco 50 metre boom irrigator, ...
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A critical comparison of using a probabilistic weather generator versus a change factor approach; irrigation reservoir planning under climate change
In the UK, there is a growing interest in constructing on-farm irrigation reservoirs, however deciding the optimum reservoir capacity is not simple. There are two distinct approaches to generating the future daily weather datasets needed to calculate future irrigation need. The change factor approach perturbs the observed record using monthly change factors derived from downscaled climate ...
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Singer`s algorithm controls farm irrigation - Case Study
Their Challenge On the San Xavier Reservation near Tucson, Arizona, the Tohono O’odom Nation grows organic alfalfa for racing horses plus fruits and vegetables. Thanks to Singer Valve, San Xavier is home to a sophisticated flood irrigation system that consists of one 16” (400 mm) globe style and eight 16” angle style valves and five storage tanks each with its own control ...
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The response of phytoplankton and microlayer-adapted bacteria to monolayer application in a humic, eutrophic irrigation dam
Repeat applications of artificial monolayers to farm irrigation dams to reduce evaporative loss may adversely affect water quality by enhancing populations of microlayer-adapted bacteria and blue-green algae. The microlayer, subsurface and water column of a 16 ha dam were monitored every two weeks for 18 months, to benchmark the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton and microlayer-adapted ...
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Rogers uses new tech to grow crops
Overlooking 175 acres of almond orchards that are utilizing advanced technology to irrigate and farm, sits a barn that was built in the 1870s. Tom Rogers and his brother Dan own the property that is a mix of the past and future of farming in California. The brothers inherited the property that was believed to be purchased by their grandfather in 1916. Yet, Tom Rogers credited his father for ...
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Effect of recycled water applied by surface and subsurface irrigation on the growth, photosynthetic indices and nutrient content of young olive trees in central Iran
Water shortage has encouraged the quest for alternative sources of water for food production and agricultural development. Recycled water (RW) is one of the most available water resources with great potential for use in farm irrigation. This experiment was carried out to investigate the use of RW as the irrigation source and its application method, subsurface leaky irrigation (SLI) system or ...
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Pistachios: Annual Water Savings - Case Study
Acres: 600 Goals: Minimize pumping costs Minimize water usage Increase yields Equipment Installed: Pressure Sensors Soil Sensors Dendrometers 1 Weather Station Information Provided: Our satellite imagery allowed this grower to identify trees with less vigor in particular areas. They discovered that these areas had been under-watered since planting because the irrigation was not ...
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Factors influencing water-use security among smallholder irrigating farmers in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal Province
This study investigates the physical, socio-economic and institutional factors affecting water-use security among irrigating smallholder farmers in Msinga Local Municipality to recommend policy. Cluster analysis was used to classify farmers according to their water-use security status. The logit model was then used to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing farmers' water-use ...
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Growing Produce Focuses on Drip Irrigation
Reporter Matthew Grassi from Growing Produce has just published an article about the choice growers face when switching from overhead to drip irrigation. They can save water and labor while deploying more sustainable and automated practices, but some may still be waiting to move forward. The article is titled, “Will Drip Replace Overhead Irrigation in Farm Fields?,” and you can read ...
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Drip Irrigation for Corn
Corn Farming Made Easy with Drip Irrigation for Corn: Water Management Ultimate Solution Corn farming, with its golden ears swaying in the breeze, has long been a symbol of abundance and sustenance. However, the road to a thriving corn harvest is not without its challenges. Traditional irrigation methods, such as flood irrigation, can waste a significant amount of water and lead to environmental ...
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Technology quarterly the future of Agriculture
If agriculture is to continue to feed the world, it needs to become more like manufacturing, says Geoffrey Carr. Fortunately, that is already beginning to happen TOM ROGERS is an almond farmer in Madera County, in California’s Central Valley. Almonds are delicious and nutritious. They are also lucrative. Californian farmers, who between them grow 80% of the world’s supply of these ...
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Irrigation water demand and implications for groundwater pricing in Pakistan
This study employs the positive mathematical programming (PMP) approach to estimate groundwater derived demand for irrigation using a cross-sectional dataset of 200 predominantly groundwater irrigated farms from the Punjab province of Pakistan. First, we find that the PMP optimal solution uses less water than what is available (being extracted) in order to make farmers allocate all the ...
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RainWise and Weather Underground provide comprehensive weather solutions for Brazilian agriculture summitt - Case Study
RainWise and Weather Underground – Industry Pioneers RainWise is a leading global manufacturer of reference-grade, innovative meteorological measurement and monitoring solutions for professional, industrial, consumer and custom applications. In business for over 41 years, RainWise is an industry pioneer with patents for the original tipping bucket rain gauge, the first digital weather ...
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Opportunities for saving and reallocating agricultural water to alleviate water scarcity
As water scarcity worsens globally, there is growing interest in finding ways to reduce water consumption, and for reallocating water savings to other uses including environmental restoration. Because irrigated agriculture is responsible for more than 90% of all consumptive water use in water-scarce regions, much attention is being focused on opportunities to save water on irrigated farms. At ...
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Project - FP202 - Upscaling Ecosystem Based Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Rural Communities in the Valles Macro-region of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (RECEM-Valles)
The Los Valles Macro-region in the landlocked, South American state of Bolivia is threatened by increasing temperatures and precipitation instability. Furthermore, frost intensity and hail events have put pressure on the delicate water systems in the valley. Climate change increases the vulnerability of water systems and the agricultural sector in the region, particularly smallholder farmers ...
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Not just another centre irrigation pivot
Centre Pivot Irrigation have been around for very many years and is a cornerstone of modern farming irrigation technology. You may ask yourself if all pivots are created equal, and if you have seen one you have seen them all, right? Fortunately not! IrriRain mini irrigation pivots represent a real advance in agricultural irrigation because they are built with real farming conditions in mind. ...
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Institutional analysis of irrigation management in Haiti: a case study of three farmer managed schemes
In the late 1990s, like many other developing countries, Haiti started a process of devolving responsibilities over irrigation scheme management to water users’ associations. In this paper, a three-step methodology for institutional analysis is applied to investigate the functioning of this new setting in Haiti, using three irrigation schemes managed by farmers as case studies. First, the ...
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Water rights, investments and meanings: conflict and change in a traditional irrigation system in northern Morocco
This paper starts by discussing the relationships between water rights, investment and issues of legitimacy and social relationships in traditional (farmer-created and farmer-managed) irrigated systems. External interventions to modify or "improve" these systems create "stakes" at different levels, i.e. opportunities for a change in the balances of power and wealth among the various stakeholders. ...
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Reflections on evolving water management institutions and institutional bricolage: a case of irrigation schemes in Iringa Rural and Kilombero districts, Tanzania
Over the past 40+ years, evolution of water institutions responsible for allocation and distribution of water has been enormous. This paper analyzes the evolution of both formal and informal water management institutions and how they affect today's processes of allocating and distributing water in farmer-managed irrigation schemes (FMISs). It also assesses how farmers translate and modify ...
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