NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN BEEF PRODUCERS COULD BENEFIT FROM MOSAIC IRRIGATION: STUDY
March 1st, 2014
A study by Australia’s premier scientific body the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has argued that Australian beef production could grow in value by Australian dollars AUD200 million (USD182.6 million) in a select area of northern Australia by using mosaic irrigation.Mosaic irrigation, as the name suggests, refers to smaller patchwork areas of irrigation as opposed to large irrigated areas. The CSIRO study focussed on how the system could benefit cattle production in Australia north of the Tropic of Capricorn, which covers ...
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