Pivot irrigation - the never ending quest for improvement

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IRRIGATION TALK BY CHARLES CROSBY “O n any farm one is constantly looking for better yields, savings on mechanisation costs etc. Farming is a constant cycle of investigations into the effectiveness of the practices you are applying, how you do things.” This is the view expressed PPPPPivot Irivot Irivot Irivot Irivot Irrigationrigationrigationrigationrigation----- The Never-Ending Quest for Improvement Wilken Boerdery is located within sight of Teebus and Koffiebus near the outlet of the Orange-Fish tunnel. by Mr Louis Wilken, chairman of the Orange-Vaal Water Users’ Association, when we visited him to discuss the role that the irrigationplanning program SAPWAT is playing in his farming operation, Wilken Boerdery, in the Karoo. “Scheduling and the effectiveness of irrigation systems in use are one of the first phases you consider,” says Wilken. “Y ou carry on until you feel you have the situation under control and then you move on to the next phase.

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