The Rural Voice, 2000-06, Page 24EP 70
- a new generation of smart
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• Feel the security of
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•Reduced service time
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• Battery operation as an
option for mobility
•Consistent milking through the
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and ratio
•Optirnized milking by
being individually
programmable
• Lower vacuum
fluctuations and quiet
smooth running.
The EP 70 gives you the knowledge
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20 THE RURAL VOICE
from certain pathogens, nitrates,
improved weight gain from higher
quality water supplies, and increased
performance related to forage quality
improvements.
Managing draining and irrigation
systems: Irrigation systems may be
under considerable pressure,
especially if the irrigation source is
drying up. Greater irrigation
efficiency will be critical, as will
improved timing of application with
peak growth periods, irrigation field
rotation, and diversification of
sources to reduce presslures on each
one.
Most farms are tile drained.
Under the high-intensity, short -
duration rainfall events being
experienced, some rethinking of tile
drainage is required.
MacPherson believes that,
with this increasing trend
towards more high-
intensity, short- duration rainfall
events, farmers will need to take
measures to try and slow runoff. By
slowing runoff, this will provide
more of an opportunity for the water
to soak into the ground. MacPherson
believes that on the more permeable
soils, farmers should be fooking at
removing tile drainage rather than
installing more.
Farmers' adaptation to date for
drier weather according to Jack has
been to put in more tile drainage to
carry away the water, the exact
opposite of what they should be
doing. All this increased drainage is
reducing the amount of water that
drains into the watertable and speeds
up runoff into watercourses. The
result is that soils dry out even more
quickly. Some might say that if you
have a crop in the field the last thing
you want is a lot of water sitting on
the land, but with the increased heat
it probably won't take long for the
water to evaporate.
Conclusions:
Whether your farming system is
conventional or organic you will not
be immune to the effects of climate
change. You will need to decide
what changes you should make to
your farming system to cope with an
increasingly variable climate. Focus
on your experiences of drought and
heavy rainfall and imagine the
implications of seasons characterized
by these two extremes.