Are you over watering your pasture? Getting the right amount of moisture to each paddock on your property to ensure grass grows well and property doesn’t scour or erode from uncontrolled water runoff is the holy grail of New Zealand farmers. Continue reading →
Designing irrigation for hill country Designing an irrigation system for hill country – no matter what part of the world you are in, requires a different set of considerations due to changes in elevation, slopes and topography. Continue reading →
Tank-time at Mystery Creek 2016 How well are you capturing and storing some of that welcome winter rain? If your farm tanks could do with a refresh, drop by and chat to our team at this year’s Mystery Creek Fieldays in Hamilton. As usual you’ll find us on Stand D83-85 from June 15 – 18. Continue reading →
Precise, Intelligent Irrigation using G-Set system controls To the untrained eye, irrigation is just a question of applying water on to land to allow crops or pasture to grow. However, in reality it’s not that simple; there are a number of variables, including climatic conditions and soil types, which greatly affect efficiency. Continue reading →
Frost Facts and Frost-Proofing Tips All the old-timers in the Nelson Lakes area, where I live, are predicting a harsh winter this year. They’re saying the conditions are ripe for a repeat of the Polar Event of early June 2008, when the power was off for 10 days and everyone packed the contents of their freezers in the metre-deep snow. Continue reading →
G-Set Installations Proving Effective Excellent feedback continues to flow about the ground-breaking G-Set irrigation solution, with a number of South Island farms reaping the benefits in what has been a relatively dry winter so far. The product was a finalist in Irrigation NZ’s innovation awards, reflecting the unique nature of the solution and its effectiveness in solving irrigation challenges for hilly properties. Continue reading →
