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Planting of a 600-acre citrus orchard near Barrigan began in the spring of 2010, as part of a $10 million agricultural venture. Stage 1 comprises 300 acres: 50% oranges, 25% lemons and 25% mandarins, all of which are seedless varieties. The first harvest is planned for 2013.
Irrigear Member Stores provide customers with complete support in critical areas of water and fluid conservation, management, handling and sustainability. The Irrigear network of independent, owner-operated stores provides local knowledge and expertise, premium brands and products and all-important on-ground service and support. Member stores service agricultural, commercial, industrial, domestic, pool and mining sectors. Three recent projects by member stores in Victoria and NSW include creating one of Victoria’s largest water re-use schemes, completing a water supply and management project at Kupidabin Dairy in Casino, NSW and producing an award-winning domestic pool system in Eltham, Victoria. Cobram Irrigation–Mowbray Citrus, Cobram, New South Wales The Diaco family migrated to Australia from Italy in the 1950s. They established approximately 50 acres of stone-fruit orchards in Cobram, Victoria and commenced a 45-year relationship with the Love family, owners of Cobram Irrigation, as their primary provider of irrigation components and pumping equipment.
Cobram Irrigation was appointed to install the irrigation system. Approximately 5kms of PVC pipe was laid to deliver water to the orchard from a 150-megalitre dam fed from the Berrigan Number 1 Channel. Netafim soil moisture monitoring probes will automatically control the amount of water being applied to the trees. Dealing with the enormous and complex scope of such large projects is all in a day’s work for Cobram Irrigation, a foundation member of Irrigear Stores. Like other independent, owner-operated businesses in the Irrigear group, Cobram Irrigation has developed credentials and capabilities second to none and has built an enviable reputation for excellence. Rural Irrigation Supplies – Water Supply and Management, Kupidabin Dairy, Dobies Bight (Casino), New South Wales
A further 136 acres of stone-fruit and citrus plantations have since been developed on a number of blocks, making the Diaco name synonymous with large agricultural developments in the district.
Milking a peak of 235 cows, producing approximately 1.8 million litres of milk annually and managing nearly 200 hectares of land means that when something goes wrong Sam and Fleur rely on fast, efficient service to get the farm back on track. Starting from scratch, Rural Irrigation Supplies and worked together with Sam and Fleur to create infrastructure that would let the farm evolve over time. Using this foresight allowed subsequent projects to be integrated seamlessly. These days Rural Irrigation Supplies manages all stock, domestic and dairy water supply issues along with the irrigation. Eltham Waterhouse – Award-Winning Domestic Pool System, Private Residence Whittlesea, Victoria In this black pebble pool, Eltham Waterhouse installed a Clearwater salt chlorinator, a Raypak Gas heating for spa along with an Aquatight Heat Pump for the main pool. The pumping system consists of three Davey Power Master pool pumps, which operate the in-floor cleaning system, pool filtration system and spa boost.
Dobies Bight dairy farmers, Sam and Fleur Tonge, have been utilising the services of Rural Irrigation Supplies for nearly 30 years. Since moving to the area in 1981 to start their dairy-farming venture, right up to the current day, Sam and Fleur talk fondly of all of the projects they have worked on with the staff at Rural Irrigation Supplies.
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