NSW DPI factsheets
Energy checklist and guide
Energy efficiency for farm vehicles
- Tractor energy efficiency (PDF, 288.56 KB)
- Adaptive driving – the skill factor in fuel efficiency (PDF, 413.47 KB)
- Estimating tractor power needs (PDF, 330.96 KB)
- Monitoring wheel slip for fuel efficiency (PDF, 356.72 KB)
- Purchasing a fuel efficient tractor (PDF, 321.52 KB)
- Tractor ballasting (PDF, 257.49 KB)
- Tractor tyre selection (PDF, 436.21 KB)
- Tyre pressure and fuel efficiency (PDF, 383.4 KB)
Energy efficiency for irrigation
- Selecting an irrigation pump
- Worn parts help you part with your money
- Variable speed drives an energy saving option for irrigated horticulture (PDF, 1347.43 KB)
- Comparing running costs of diesel lpg and electrical pumpsets (PDF, 141.62 KB)
- Electric pumps performance and efficiency (PDF, 238.8 KB)
- Is your diesel pump costing you money? (PDF, 1136.83 KB)
Agriculture Victoria and NSW DPI have developed a tool to help irrigators measure and benchmark the energy efficiency of their centre pivot and travelling irrigation systems. An article and links to the tool can be found on the Irrigating Agriculture community of practice website.
Useful tools
- Ballast calculator (XLSX, 28.6 KB) Developed by NSW Farmers