The farm is situated adjacent to the Burdekin River and receives average annual rainfall of approximately 940mm. The farm cultivates sugar cane, irrigated mainly by low pressure flooded furrow irrigation. For improved irrigation efficiency and reduced water-logged soils at flood outlets, the farm owner has been trialling trickle irrigation technologies, with success, and closely monitoring the results. A barrier to the wider application of trickle irrigation has been the cost of energy per hectare to implement.