date:May 28, 2014
water units which take care of vat cleaning and wash-down flowing from a 250,000-L rainwater tank. In addition, water from the dairy flows into a closed loop of settling ponds, facilitating maximum recycling.
As part of the upgrades, the 43ha irrigated pastures have been automated with solar-powered moisture probes to produce optimum growth using minimum amount of water.
Dookie campus farms manager Bill O'Connor said information from the central computer mean paddocks can be tailored to an ind