Irrigation

Tools & Resources

SRA Irrigation of Sugarcane Manual
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

A comprehensive manual addressing irrigation, water quality, soil, irrigation systems, irrigation scheduling, improving irrigation efficiencies, drainage, economics and technical information.

Factsheet
Water Quality FAQs

This FAQ guide directly addresses common questions about pesticides and fertilisers, enabling sugarcane industry staff to confidently handle complex scientific questions and offer guidance to farmers.

Factsheet
BOM Youtube channel
Reef Catchments

In addition to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) website and app, BOM also posts regular up-to-date informative videos on their YouTube Channel. These videos, created by BOM scientists and meteorologists, offer insights into weekly, monthly and severe weather forecasts.

Factsheet
Irrigation record sheet
Mackay Area Productivity Services (MAPS)

Record keeping spreadsheet for Irrigation

Spreadsheet
IrrigWeb

A sugarcane irrigation scheduling tool

App
Irrigation Hydraulic Assessor (USQ)

A simple graphical tool for calculating the friction and minor losses that occur in your irrigation mainline.

App
CaneCalcs

SRA’s Canecalcs.com is a great starting point for calculating if your farm’s irrigation is profitable.

Website