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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
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Laser Levelling Land For Flood Irrigation, M D. Green, J. P. Middlemas
Laser Levelling Land For Flood Irrigation, M D. Green, J. P. Middlemas
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Since the introduction of laser levelling to Western Australia's South-West irrigation area five years ago, many farmers have benefited from this new and precise method of land-forming.
The use of lasser controlled earthmoving equipment to redevelop irrigated paddocks has led to improved irrigation efficiency and drainage. Less water is used for each irrigation, water is applied more evenly and less labour is needed. many older, grass-dominated paddocks have been reseeded to improve pasture species.