WATER
41
CLEAN, PLENTIFUL WATER Water is our most precious natural resource apart from soil. It irrigates our crops and pastures, provides fresh drinking water for livestock, and supports the most biodiverse habitats on our farms. We use water efficiently and cleanly. To produce ‘more crop per drop’, we use the best irrigation systems, avoid unnecessary water-use, and recycle water where possible. We use a range of nature-based solutions to conserve water and keep our rivers clean. We protect our farm waters from fertilisers, chemicals, sediment and animal waste by creating unfarmed buffer zones along riverbanks and lakes. We use terracing along slopes, and keep grass waterways in low areas of our cropland. In this way, we slow the velocity of water after rainfall, and at the same time protect our soils and waters by reducing sedimentation and erosion. We have an obligation to protect waters and water habitats for ourselves, our neighbours, and future generations to come.
IRRIGATED AREA
6,876 hectares
WATER APPLIED
WATER USE EFFICIENCY
megalitres
yield/mm
39,880
16.2
INGLEBY FARMS // FARMING WITH NATURE
