@MJMCKAY4 They’re a great machine, especially if you don’t have rocks. High R&M costs, there is a fair amount of power moving through the system. They work well with @t3rratech, I can easily set batters and cut heights from the desk or the terracutta in-cab works fine too.
@PeteHoRsEMcCann So many options! The biggest variable is cost and quality needs. I use @mywildeye telemetry, with their sensors or higher spec sensors depending on need. From $3K up to $6k. If you’re in NSW hit up @porositythomo - great for advice on this stuff, been in the game for years.
💦We’re putting autonomous irrigation technology to the test!🤖
Our Senior Project Officer, Dave McLaren has been busy setting up a super smart centre pivot at our Dairy Research Facility in Elliott. The pivot reads a prescribed map with an aim to irrigate smarter.
I’m struggling to put much faith in people who endorse coughing into your elbow, and also replacing a hand shake with.... an elbow bump. And then asking people to use their common sense. Can’t they join the dots?
@Corcoranspuds@360Monitoring water quality wasn’t up to it, and an adequate filtration system took a while to work out so we only saw a few weeks of use. When it was working there was no crop damage and no run off, but not running long enough to learn as much as we hoped.
Dragon-line irrigation pivot retrofit set up for spuds. Australia’s first, and if the expected infiltration and efficiency gains are realised it won’t be the last. I’ll be putting a few soil probes in to help assess it. Well done Simplot for looking into it. @360Monitoring
#sneakpeek Getting to play with some new features, will be great if they are released in time for #plant20 keeping the operators 👀 on the screen and not their phone #itisasecret#youdidntseeithere