#Features #Irrigation Systems Tips for top-quality irrigation water for intensive cropping Mike Kruger has produced a variety of forestry, fruit, lawn and ornamental plant seedlings under intensive conditions in KwaZulu-Natal’s Cramond admin / 4 months Comment (0) (33)
#Features #Irrigation Systems Mini-infrared camera system promises better irrigation A plant’s temperature can serve as an early warning sign of an underwatered and stressed plant, which makes monitoring crop admin / 4 months Comment (0) (37)
#Agricultural Markets #Features #Irrigation Systems New GPS web control irrigation system from Agrico Agrico’s new GPS module, which can be used with the company’s other Internet-based control systems on the web-based Rain interface, admin / 4 months Comment (0) (40)
#Features #Irrigation Systems The building blocks of irrigation scheduling “If you don’t know when to irrigate and how much water to apply, as well as when not to irrigate, admin / 4 months Comment (0) (38)
#Crop Production #Features #Irrigation Systems Cost-effective irrigation All too often, I come across farmers who do not irrigate practically or economically. Applying too much water ends up admin / 4 months Comment (0) (48)
#Features #Irrigation Systems Qamata irrigation scheme: still waiting, still hungry In 2007, Farmer’s Weekly published ‘Qamata: How deep is the rot?’, a 14-page exposé by Stephan Hofstatter on the state of the admin / 4 months Comment (0) (35)
#Agricultural Markets #Irrigation Systems Super-efficient irrigation: tips for crop farmers South Africa’s average annual rainfall is 495mm, compared with the global mean of 860mm. It is for this reason that admin / 4 months Comment (0) (37)
#Agricultural Markets #Crop Production #Features #Irrigation Systems Ultrasonic sound used in drip irrigation line cleaning Innovative South African technology using ultrasonic sound to clean drip irrigation pipes has been extensively evaluated by the Agricultural Research admin / 4 months Comment (0) (39)
#Crop Production #Features #Irrigation Systems Addressing the risk of polluted irrigation water Many of South African rivers from which water is drawn for agricultural irrigation purposes are carrying extraordinarily high pathogenic loads. admin / 4 months Comment (0) (40)
#Features #Irrigation Systems Barley: insect and fungal control, regulation and irrigation The guidelines for weed control in wheat apply to barley. It is essential to identify weeds correctly, as different chemicals admin / 4 months Comment (0) (42)