HARVEY FARM SAVES WEEKS OF LABOUR USING SHELTERBELT DRIP IRRIGATION BACKGROUND “Minimal effort Craig and Gerri Harvey are the third generation to live on their family farm in Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Their current is now the shelterbelts (or windbreaks) were...
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HARVEY FARM SAVES WEEKS OF LABOUR USING SHELTERBELT DRIP IRRIGATION BACKGROUND “Minimal effort Craig and Gerri Harvey are the third generation to live on their family farm in Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Their current is now the shelterbelts (or windbreaks) were established in the ’40s and new normal ’70s, and were beginning to thin out. They started planting more in 2021 and are currently at 1200 new trees. for watering shelterbelts.” CHALLENGES - Craig and Gerri The Harveys’ irrigation system was towing a water tank and Harvey trailer between the rows of trees and pumping the water out to some sprinklers, watering just four trees at a time. This method took a couple of days. As they added more rows and the tree count increased, this method became less manageable. They began to water the trees only when they felt it was necessary and were probably near death; as a result, the trees were starting to suffer from underwatering.
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