Development and demonstration of a practical and commercially viable ‘smart’ automation system for furrow irrigation was the aim and key outcome of this project. The system consists of three major component parts.

Key points on - Head ditches, tail drains, siphons, irrigation scheduling, water application, irrigation evaluation.

Site-specific irrigation enables the delivery of irrigation water where and when it is required

in the field. Commercially available hardware is available that can adjust the application

In surface irrigation systems we use beds rather than growing thee crop on the flat for several reasons.