Joe Cook, a lucerne grower based in Keith, South Australia talks about his irrigation management, which involves combining Sentek probe data with the guidance of his skilful Sentek distributor Alpha Group Consulting. Joe explains the challenges he faces and how this management style has helped with changing his irrigation strategy throughout one season due to the different stages observed in lucerne.
“Our instinct with the centre pivot was to run it around more often, more applications, but a tool like this gives you the confidence to run it slow, even during a heatwave.”
