AN ENERGY expenditure that had been climbing by around 10 per cent per year coupled with concerns about climate change have prompted St George cotton irrigators Ian and Anne Brimblecombe, 'Burgorah', to inst

Alternative and renewable energy sources, including solar for powering cotton production, were hot topics at this week’s (24 and 25 February) CottonInfo Big Days Out at St George, QLD and Gunnedah, NSW.

Energy is one of the fastest growing on-farm costs (electricity costs alone have increased by around 350 percent since 2000).

This benchmarking report presents direct energy data (diesel and electricity use) collected on irrigated Australian cotton farms.

AN ENERGY efficiency audit of the new overhead irrigation system on Adam McVeigh's Darling Downs farm in southern Queensland has set him on the path to reducing emissions and making big savings in energy costs.

Irrigated cotton growers stand to make substantial savings in fuel and greenhouse gas emissions in tractor operations if appropriate tractor engine and ground speeds are used and tillage depth is kept to the shallowes

A comprehensive testing program of conventional large mixed flow pumps typically used on cotton irrigation farms has found that these pumps, if correctly tuned, can operate at high efficiency levels with reduced energ

GUNNEDAH farmer Scott Morgan has slashed the amount of money he spends on electricity used to irrigate cotton on his property, 'Kensal Green', by investing in solar and by reducing the amount of energy he us

Alternative and renewable energy sources, including solar for powering cotton production, were hot topics at the February 2015 CottonInfo Big Day Out at St George, QLD.

Lifting and moving water around farms with pumping systems for irrigation consumes plenty of energy as water is a heavy liquid. Every litre of water has a mass of one kilogram.

The process of improving on farm energy use includes an energy assessment which benchmarks and establishes energy saving opportunities. The concept involves 3 types / levels of assessment.

Case study of Mungindi farm managing Riparian vegetation for multiple benefits

A pump efficiency trial at Goondiwindi has highlighted the importance of testing individual pumping set-ups to identify the optimum operating point to achieve maximum efficiency.

Reducing pumping costs by $10 an hour with a dieselgas mix has put money in the pocket and a smile on the face of irrigated cotton farmer Warwick Wannan.

As the uptake of the Round Bale (RB) picking system has been widespread and rapid it is not a matter of whether or not the industry should adopt this technology rather a process of determining its impacts evaluating i

Pump cavitation is an unwanted problem that occurs when pumps and associated pipelines are poorly designed and configured.

As the uptake of the Round Bale (RB) picking system has been widespread and rapid it is not a matter of whether or not the industry should adopt this technology rather a process of determining its impacts evaluating i

Excessive wheel slip and engine speed can waste fuel.

An energy assessment establishes energy saving opportunities. Measuring (or estimating) energy use enables comparison with industry benchmarks and, in turn, identifies high energy use areas.

Pumps are simple machines that turn pump shaft rotational speed and torque into fluid energy in the form of elevation, velocity and pressure energies.