The share of applied irrigation taken up in the root zone rather than lost to runoff or deep drainage. In a region where every megalitre is metered, separately traded and paid for, application efficiency is a direct dollar as well as an environmental figure.
Well-designed and maintained drip and micro-sprinkler systems can deliver application efficiencies of around 85–90%, well above flood or poorly-maintained systems where much of the water is lost below the root zone.
Agriculture Victoria — Water ↗Low efficiency is water and money draining past the roots, and often nitrogen leaching with it. A high, steady figure means the system and scheduling are matched to the crop; a falling one flags blocked emitters, poor uniformity or over-watering.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Schedule to soil-moisture sensors and crop water demand.
Audit and maintain emitter uniformity across every block.
Split irrigations into shorter, more frequent sets on lighter soils.
The share of applied irrigation taken up in the root zone rather than lost to runoff or deep drainage. In a region where every megalitre is metered, separately traded and paid for, application efficiency is a direct dollar as well as an environmental figure.
You need: Water applied (ML/ha), Soil-moisture in root zone (mm), Drainage below root zone (mm). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Well-designed and maintained drip and micro-sprinkler systems can deliver application efficiencies of around 85–90%, well above flood or poorly-maintained systems where much of the water is lost below the root zone.
Schedule to soil-moisture sensors and crop water demand. Audit and maintain emitter uniformity across every block. Split irrigations into shorter, more frequent sets on lighter soils.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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