Resources

The various resources available on this site are free for your personal use.

Contact us if you want to use them for commercial purposes. We do ask for acknowledgement as appropriate!

These resources have been collated and developed as we’ve seen a need. Some have been funded as part of projects we have undertaken, others have been specifically developed on request by various agencies. Sometimes, we have just got on and done them. Any comments you may have are welcomed, as are ideas for additional resources you think would be useful.

This section contains self-help guidelines and worksheets on a range of topics. They are intended to be picked up and used by farmers or advisers to assess how well things are performing.

Look here for tools to help you with:

  • Irrigation system calibration (pivots, laterals, travellers, spraylines, drip/micro)
  • Dairy effluent irrigation calibration (travellers)
  • Frost protection calibration (overhead sprinklers)
  • Irrigation Energy efficiency assessment (pumping plant, headworks, mainline)