FRUIT GROWERS CONFERENCE
PREMIER EVENT!
NetPro are the ‘Go-To’ company for your protective horticulture structures that increase fruit quality, reduce water consumption and prevent hail damage with products and structure carefully designed for your property to exclude hail, birds, bats and insect’s.
When A1 packouts are the main goal, and let’s face it they should be, NetPro is here to help you achieve it.
NetPro are heavily invested in protecting your future in food production with horticulture, agriculture and water storage solutions for every problem.
Please don’t be shy come and talk us about a solution for you at Fruit Growers Victoria Conference August 4th & 5th.
For the full FGV site CLICK HERE.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Lindsay will not be attending this year’s conference. Please feel free to contact him if you have any questions about a solution for protecting your future in food production.
Email: lindsay@netprocanopies.com
Ph: 1300 638 776
Apologies again for any inconvenience this has had, we look forward to the next conference in the future.
Success Stories
Golden Valley Orchards
In 2003, Golden Valley Orchards were offered the opportunity to work with the NCEA (National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture) and NetPro Pty Ltd on a research project evaluating the effectiveness of (among others) NetPro’s dam-covers.
Renato says of his first impressions of the idea: “Evaporation is a pretty big problem – I thought it was definitely a good idea. The only problem was the expense: the cover cost two hundred thousand but we received a subsidy of eighty thousand.”
The dam in question is the main dam for Golden Valley Orchards, holding some twenty-five million gallons (133ML), has a surface area of eight acres (3.3ha). The Golden Valley Orchards extend over 200 acres (83ha), irrigated from this dam and a couple of other smaller dams.
The dam cover was completed by November 2003. Five years down the track, Renato says “We are very happy with it (the cover). It reduces evaporation losses by over 90%, so you could say there was hardly any evaporation.” This is tribute indeed, for according to the Bureau of Meteorology maps, the Stanthorpe region’s average annual evaporation is higher than its average annual rainfall (evaporation 1600mm/year; rainfall 1000mm/year).
The net outcome for Golden Valley Orchards is “we have saved so much water that it’s made a difference between having enough water and not”, says Renato. He continues: “What do we lose here? Over meter a year? Look at that over four years: four meters over the surface area of the dam … that’s a lot of water!”
The original trial results have been reported by NCEA in 2005. An abridged copy of the report is available in our Support section.