This is a critical question facing many farmers. The effective control of soil water use is a basic essential for profitable crops and stock. Irrigation and drainage are essential for good crop and soil management.

 

Visible water logging apart, the effects of poor drainage are insidious but are there to be seen if you know where and how to look.  Only too often are the results startlingly clear from the bank statement at the end of the season and are preventable in most cases.

 

 

The anxious farmer may wonder why things are not as they should be. Why the cereal or poppy crop is poor and why those lambs are still not ready for market. Through it may not always be obvious, poor drainage is often the basic cause. The purpose of this website is to offer help you the farmer as help is just a phone call away.