Strategic investments by irrigators, the WID and the Province have all contributed to a record irrigation season, for both activity and efficiency. More than 82,000 acres were irrigated within the WID during this incredibly dry and challenging year. “All the investments are paying off. With higher efficiency irrigation systems, modernization of infrastructure and enhanced water
There are two types of project streams available to producers under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership Water program: on-farm irrigation projects and on-farm water supply projects. On-farm irrigation projects help improve the efficiency of existing on-farm irrigation systems which can save producers water and energy costs. Grants for these efficiency improvements can be used to purchase
Innovation and growth are important themes in the Bruce Farms operation, located primarily around Cheadle. And now thanks to Phase 1 of the Field-Strangmuir pipeline, the installation of new, high-efficiency irrigation on additional acres has occurred the year after construction. “Now that water is flowing through the new pipeline to a portion of our land,
