Pivot irrigation - the never-ending quest for improvement : irrigation talk

"On 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 by Mr Louis Wilken, chairman of the Orange-Va...

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Published inWater Wheel Vol. 3; no. 6; pp. 24 - 29
Main Author Crosby, Charles
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Water Research Commission (WRC) 01.11.2004
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Water management
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Summary:"On 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 by Mr Louis Wilken, chairman of the Orange-Vaal Water Users' Association, when we visited him to discuss the role that the irrigation-planning program SAPWAT is playing in his farming operation, Wilken Boerdery, in the Karoo.
ISSN:0258-2244