Smarter irrigation saving money

Updated June 20 2019 - 1:43pm, first published January 16 2018 - 5:00am
Dr James Hills from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture has shown big water savings using variable rate irrigation.
Dr James Hills from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture has shown big water savings using variable rate irrigation.

As a nation-wide, multi-sector collaboration with cotton, rice and sugar, the Smarter Irrigation for Profit project has resulted in unprecedented knowledge and understanding of ways to increase water, energy and labour efficiencies on irrigated dairy farms.

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