tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post1886149361467757444..comments2024-02-06T10:27:00.470+11:00Comments on [Farm-ily]: September 25, 2018CountryMumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14761724941259576940noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-13413570158229184272018-09-27T06:04:03.908+10:002018-09-27T06:04:03.908+10:00I, too, appreciated the more detailed explanation ...I, too, appreciated the more detailed explanation of how irrigation works in Australia. Water rights are always an issue in Kansas as well.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030884632849692028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-76702309883393087002018-09-26T21:42:27.259+10:002018-09-26T21:42:27.259+10:00Thanks for your detailed reply. It is something I ...Thanks for your detailed reply. It is something I am interested in and care about. Of course those upriver are causing problems with their extraction of water and isn't it always thus. It is absurd for Australia to save water for rice and cotton crops. Other countries produce these crops efficiently. We need to do do what we can do efficiently. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-87047377088425655302018-09-26T16:57:17.391+10:002018-09-26T16:57:17.391+10:00Now that Spring and Summer are on the way--- wel...Now that Spring and Summer are on the way--- well, I hope the best for you.Bill https://www.blogger.com/profile/04779863708462822356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-86008589705374430102018-09-26T08:52:06.841+10:002018-09-26T08:52:06.841+10:00Wow that is quite a system!! I'd love to send...Wow that is quite a system!! I'd love to send you some of our rain!!happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-71259666899248295312018-09-26T08:44:34.500+10:002018-09-26T08:44:34.500+10:00You are right - when there is a lack of water ther...You are right - when there is a lack of water there can't be irrigation and that is how the irrigation allocation system works. We only get irrigation water after there is enough in the system to meet all environmental & human needs (eg town supplies, river flows, high security water holders, environmental watering etc). Only when all those needs are filled do we get an allocation. So some years like in 2016 when the Murray River was in flood we get a full allocation of our water entitlements, but in years like this when it is dry, we get very little. The challenge for us as farmers is to manage that variability.<br /><br />Irrigated farming will always play a role in feeding and clothing Australians, but we have to be very smart how we use that water. Research and modern technologies have improved irrigation efficiencies dramatically over the last 30 years. Farmers grow much more with less water and this trend will continue. CountryMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761724941259576940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-77781239495862485502018-09-26T06:59:24.979+10:002018-09-26T06:59:24.979+10:00And the rain clouds continue to hover and tease.And the rain clouds continue to hover and tease.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04051160693725705930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-82197887626571375812018-09-26T05:34:35.819+10:002018-09-26T05:34:35.819+10:00Hope the drought soon ends you do not need to do t...Hope the drought soon ends you do not need to do this too often! Take care DianeRhodesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159888599601532530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-48068450003585859042018-09-26T04:40:34.175+10:002018-09-26T04:40:34.175+10:00Wow, that seems very sophisticated, here in the UK...Wow, that seems very sophisticated, here in the UK we've had the driest summer for decades, animal fodder is going to be in short supply this winter. We've a lot to learn. difficult times...Uphilldowndalehttp://uphilldowndale.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-78099171728536774382018-09-26T01:09:00.877+10:002018-09-26T01:09:00.877+10:00Sounds and looks interesting.Sounds and looks interesting.Ruth Hieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260132564992492524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-37522884660570686512018-09-26T01:02:21.155+10:002018-09-26T01:02:21.155+10:00Fascinating. Fascinating. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-85660359060623402622018-09-25T21:46:26.260+10:002018-09-25T21:46:26.260+10:00Very interesting, now I understand that paddock de...Very interesting, now I understand that paddock design I have seen when driving in those parts.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-19986808212967829762018-09-25T19:42:59.885+10:002018-09-25T19:42:59.885+10:00Very interesting. My step mother's partner nea...Very interesting. My step mother's partner near Echuca has irrigation rights and he floods a small paddock for beef from the channel. With excess water going back into the channel your water consumption is very targeted and not wasted, and the water is not lying around to evaporate, and I assume your channels have all been fixed to minimise evaporation and water use is properly metered. But at the end of the day, if there is a lack of water in rivers, then there can't be irrigation. We can move water around, but we can't create new rivers with lots of water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237865919006017597.post-15011719235507006512018-09-25T18:50:28.967+10:002018-09-25T18:50:28.967+10:00I hope the desperate times end soon. For you, and...I hope the desperate times end soon. For you, and for us all.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com