
Steven R Raine
BAgrSc(Hons),
MAgrSt, PhD
Steven Raine is Professor
(Irrigation and Soil Science) and Head (Agricultural, Civil and Environmental
Engineering) within the Faculty
of Engineering and Surveying at the University
of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba. He is also the Science Leader (Irrigation,
Soils and Land Resources) within the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture. Steven has a Doctorate of Philosophy (Soil
Physics), Master of Agricultural Studies and a Bachelor of Agricultural Science
(Hons) majoring in Land Resource Science from the University of Queensland. He lectures undergraduate units within the
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at USQ in Soil
Science and has previously examined the units Agricultural
Science, and Land
Studies. Steven has also previously
been the Program Leader for “Future Irrigation – Practice and Technology”
within the Cooperative Research
Centre for Irrigation Futures and worked as an irrigation specialist for
Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers Limited, as an irrigation research
scientist with the Bureau of Sugar Experiment
Stations, and as a land resource surveyor with the Conservation Commission
of the Northern Territory. He has undertaken irrigation research for the
cotton, sugar, fruit and vegetable sectors, undertaken land resource and soil
surveys for BHP-UTAH Pty Ltd, and been a tutor of undergraduate soils and
agronomy courses taught at the University of Queensland.
Current research interests:
Steven
also has a keen interest in fostering participatory action learning processes
amongst irrigators as a method of ensuring the adoption of improved practices.
Membership of Professional
Societies
Professional Awards:
Professional Positions Held:
|
2008-2010 |
Driving
better vegetable irrigation through profitable practice change (VG07023) Funding: Horticulture Australia Limited/Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries |
|
2006-2009 |
Evaluating field scale
variability of irrigation application systems Funding: Cooperative Research
Centre for Irrigation Futures |
|
2006-2009 |
South-east
Queensland Irrigation Futures - Research and development support Funding: Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Water |
|
2005-8 |
Optimising
irrigation scheduling with the use of continuous ‘real time’ plant monitoring
sensors [pdf of Final
Report ppt – 2.2Mb] Funding: Cotton Research
and Development Corporation |
|
2007 |
Soil physical and chemical benefits
associated with amending coal gas seam water with sulphur for irrigation
purposes Funding:
Queensland Gas Company |
|
2007 |
Development
of an infield irrigation performance reporting tool Funding:
Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Water |
|
2004-2006 |
Tools and
techniques for improving the precision of irrigation |
|
2003-2006 |
Sureplay - Best
management practices for sustainable and safe playing surfaces on Australian
Football League sports fields. Funding: QAFL, Horticulture Australia, Queensland Department of Primary Industries |
|
2006-7 |
“Monitoring of on-farm water use and irrigation storages using remote sensing and GIS” Funding: USQ |
|
2004-2005 |
Development of measurement systems for
mapping soil and turf properties on sporting fields Funding: NCEA, USQ |
|
2003-2004 |
Identification
and management of dispersive mine spoils Funding: Australian Centre for Mining Environmental
Research |
|
2003-2004 |
Evaluating the potential to impose partial
rootzone drying (PRD) on high clay soils under commercial conditions Funding:
CRC for Irrigation Futures |
|
2003 |
Bundaberg Water
Reuse Development – Agronomic assessment Funding: Bundaberg City Council & Psi-Delta |
|
2000-2003 |
Technical Specialist services to the Queensland Fruit and Vegetable
Growers Ltd “Water for Profit” irrigation extension and adoption program Funding: Department of Natural Resources and Mines - Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative |
|
2003 |
Development of an Irrigation
Information Resources Interface for the Qld Sugar Industry RWUEI program Funding: Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations |
|
2001 |
Scoping study
of centre pivots and lateral move machines in the Australian cotton industry Funding: Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
|
2000-2001 |
Scoping study of drip
irrigation in the Australian cotton industry Funding: Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
|
1999-2001 |
Mary River Catchment water use
efficiency study. |
|
1999-2000 |
Core Skills Training and Review of R,D & E for the Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative Funding: Queensland Department of Natural Resources |
|
1997-2001 |
Funding: Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
|
1999-2000 |
Audit of water and irrigation use
efficiencies on farms within the Queensland dairy industry. Funding: Queensland Dairy Organisation |
|
1999-2000 |
Audit of water and irrigation use
efficiencies on farms within the Queensland lucerne industry. Funding: Department of Natural Resources and Mines |
|
1999 |
Audit of water and
irrigation use efficiencies on farms within the Queensland horticultural
industry. Funding: Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers |
|
1997-2001 |
Optimisation of
surface drainage design with demonstration and adoption in low lying
canelands |
|
1996-2000 |
Quantifying the
socio-economic impact of harvesting residue retention systems |
|
1994-1997 |
Increasing the
irrigation efficiency of the Australian sugar industry. |
|
1993-1996 |
Increased productivity
through better design and management of irrigated canefields. |
|
1996 |
Visiting
Fellowship for Prof. Wynn Walker (Utah State Univ) to continue development of
the surface irrigation model SIRMOD. |
|
1995 |
Review of irrigation research in Hawaii,
Utah and California. |
de Almeida, B.G., da Silva, A.P., RAINE, S.R. and Figueiredo, G.C. (2009). Evaluation of automotive varnish as a coating for density measurements of soil clods. American Society of Soil Science Journal 73(2): 449-52.
RAINE, S.R. (2008). Scheduling technologies to improve irrigated water use efficiency… a focus on centre pivots and lateral moves. Proceedings of the Combinable Crops 2008 Field Day. pp27-31. Foundation for Arable Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, NZ.
Langat, P.K., Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R (2008). Estimating the furrow infiltration characteristic from a single advance point. Irrigation Science 26:367–374 [DOI: 10.1007/s00271-008-0102-7]
McCarthy, C.,
Hancock, N. and RAINE, S. (2008).
On-the-go machine vision sensing of cotton plant geometric parameters:
first results. In Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (J. Billingsley and
R Bradbeer eds), Springer,
Gillies M.H., Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R. (2008). A review of Basin (Contour) Irrigation Systems II: Research needs for evaluation and design. Irrigation Matters 01-2/08, CRC Irrigation Futures, Toowoomba.
Gillies, M.H.,
Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R. (2008). Measurement and management of
furrow irrigation at the field scale.
National Conference, Irrigation
Australia Limited. 20-22nd May,
Grabham, M.K.,
Hornbuckle, J.W., RAINE, S.R. and Smith, R.J. (2008). Observations
from initial evaluation trials of bankless channel irrigation systems. National
Conference, Irrigation Australia Limited. 20-22nd May,
Hussain, A., and
RAINE, S.R. (2008). A preliminary evaluation of
the potential to use electromagnetic induction to assess sprinkler irrigation
performance in horticultural crops.
In Proc. First Global Workshop on Digital Soil Sensing and Mapping, 5-8th
Feb,
Hussain, A.,
RAINE, S.R. and Henderson, C.W. (2008). Preliminary evaluation of
relationships between irrigation non-uniformity and crop responses in lettuce.
National Conference, Irrigation Australia Limited. 20-22nd May,
Hussain, A.,
RAINE, S.R.,
McCarthy, A.C.,
McCarthy, A., Hancock, N. and RAINE, S. (2008). Development of a simulation framework for variable-rate irrigation of cotton. 14th Australian Cotton Conference, 12-14th August, Broadbeach. [poster]
McHugh, A.D.,
Boughton, B., Eberhard, J., McKeering, L.M., Robson A.R. and Raine, S.R.
(2008). Evaluating
the relationships between plant based measurements and remotely sensed data for
irrigation scheduling of cotton. National Centre for Engineering in
Agriculture Publication 1001574/8, USQ, Toowoomba.
RAINE, S. R. and
Foley, J.P. (2008). Scheduling
and other tactics to improve irrigated water use efficiency – a focus on centre
pivots and lateral moves. Grains
Update Meeting, 19 August, Dalby. GRDC, Sydney.
3pp.
RAINE, S.R.,
Wallace, S. and Curran, N. (2008). IPART – an irrigation
performance evaluation and reporting tool for pressurised application systems. National
Conference, Irrigation Australia Limited. 20-22nd May,
White, S.C. and RAINE, S.R. (2008) A grower guide to plant based sensing for irrigation scheduling. Publication 1001574/6. National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, USQ, Toowoomba. 52pp.
White, S.C. and RAINE, S.R. (2008). Infield spatial variability of surface irrigated cotton yields. National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture Publication 1001574/9, USQ, Toowoomba.
RAINE, S.R., Meyer, W.S., Rassam, D.W. Hutson, J.L. and Cook, F.J. (2007). Soil-water and solute movement under precision irrigation – knowledge gaps for managing sustainable root zones. Irrigation Science 26:91-100.
Langat, P.K., RAINE, S.R. and Smith, R.J.
(2007). Errors in
predicting furrow irrigation performance using single measures of infiltration.
Irrigation
Science 25:339–349.
Gillies, M.H., Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R. (2007). Accounting for temporal inflow variation in the inverse solution for infiltration in surface irrigation. Irrigation Science 25: 87-97.
Smith, R.J.
RAINE, S.R., McCarthy, A.C. and Hancock, N.H (2007). Managing spatial and
temporal variability in irrigated agriculture through adaptive control. In Challenge
Today, Technology Tomorrow. National Conference, Society Engineering in
Agriculture, 23-26th Sept,
McCarthy, C.L.,
McCarthy, C.L.,
McHugh, A.D.
Eberhard, J.K., Wigginton, D.W. and RAINE, S.R. (2007). Increasing the
sustainability and efficiency of irrigated agriculture in the Dawson Valley
Irrigation Area. Final Report to the
White, S.C. and RAINE, S.R. (2007). Field trial report (2006/07). Optimising irrigation scheduling with the use of continuous ‘real time’ plant monitoring sensors. National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture Publication 1001574/7/1, USQ, Toowoomba.
Gillies, M.,
Smith, R. and RAINE, S. (2006). Is it possible to extract
infiltration rates for variable inflow furrow irrigation? National
Conference, Irrigation Association of
Khatri, K.L.,
Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R. (2006). Real time control of surface
irrigation: managing infiltration variations and enhancing furrow irrigation
performance. National Conference, Irrigation Association of
Langat, P.K. and RAINE, S.R. (2006). Using simulation
modelling to improve the design and management of furrow irrigation in
small-holder plots. 10th Southern
and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network Conference, 4-6th December,
McCarthy, C., Hancock, N. and RAINE, S. (2006). On-the-go machine vision sensing of cotton plant geometric parameters: first results. 13th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice. 5-7th December, Toowoomba.
McCarthy, C.L.,
RAINE, S.R. (2006).
The future of irrigation technologies and
practices is here now. Key note address. National Conference,
Irrigation Association of
Gibbings, P. and RAINE, S.R. (2005). Evaluation of a low cost hydrographic technique to measure on-farm water storage volumes. Agricultural Water Management 78, 209-21.
Smith, R.J., RAINE, S.R. and Minkovich, J. (2005). Irrigation application efficiency and deep drainage potential under surface irrigated cotton. Agricultural Water Management 71, 117-30.
Eberhard, J.K. and RAINE, S.R.
(2005). Sustainable
and safe playing surfaces for Australian Football League sports fields –
Laboratory assessment of soil-water management and the effect of amendments on
soil structural properties. National Centre for Engineering in
Agriculture Publication 1000817/2.
Loch, R.J., Grant, C.D.,
Misra, R.K, Fuentes, S., and RAINE, S.R. (2005). Recent developments and strategies in the use of plant indicators for irrigation scheduling. In Irrigation 2005: Restoring the Balance. Proc. Nat. Conf. Irrig. Assoc. Aust., 17th -19th May, Townsville. 3pp.
Misra, R, RAINE, S., Pezzaniti, D., Charlesworth, P. and Hancock, N. (2005). A scoping study on measuring and monitoring tools and technology for precision irrigation. Irrigation Matters Series No. 01/05. CRC for Irrigation Futures, Toowoomba
RAINE, S.R., Meyer, W.S., Rassam, D.W.,
Hutson, J.L. and Cook, F.J. (2005). Soil-water
and salt movement associated with precision irrigation systems - Research
investment opportunities. National Program for Sustainable
Irrigation. LWA Product Code ER050938.
Land and Water
RAINE, S.R. and Durack, M.K.
(2005). The future direction of on-farm
irrigation technologies and practice research. Cotton Production Seminar, 17-18th August. Cotton Consultants
RAINE, S.R., Purcell, J. and Schmidt, E. (2005). Improving whole farm and infield irrigation efficiencies using IrrimateTM tools. In Irrigation 2005: Restoring the Balance. Proc. Nat. Conf. Irrig. Assoc. Aust., 17th -19th May, Townsville. 5pp. (Reprinted in International Water and Irrigation, 2006)
Apan, A.A, RAINE, S.R., Le Brocque, A. and Cockfield, G. (2004). Spatial prioritisation of revegetation sites for dryland salinity management: An analytical framework using GIS. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 47(6), 811-825.
Emdad, M.R., RAINE, S.R., Smith, R.J., and Fardad, H. (2004). Effect of water quality on soil structure and infiltration under furrow irrigation. Irrigation Science 23, 55-60.
Gibbings, P.D., and RAINE, S.R.
(2004). Configuration
of a GPS and a digital depth sounder for hydrographic measurements of on-farm
water storages. Spatial Science (
Dunn, M., Billingsley, J., RAINE, S. and A. Piper
(2004). Using machine vision for
objective evaluation of ground cover on sporting fields. Proc.
11th IEEE Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 30 Nov- 2
Dec,
Gibbings, P. and RAINE, S. (2004). How much water is
in your dam? Australian Cottongrower 25(3), 24-5.
[Reprinted in Irrigation
Howard, E.J. and RAINE, S.R. (2004). Assessing
aggregate stability in sodic soils using low frequency mechanical energy. In Conserving
Soil and Water for Society: Sharing Solutions, Proc. 13th International Soil
Conservation Organisation Conference. 4-9th July,
Raine, S.R. and J.K Eberhard (2004). Characterisation of soil profiles on four AFLQ Premier League sporting fields. Report to AFLQ Sureplay. National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture Technical Report No. 1000817/1, USQ, Toowoomba.
White, S.C., and RAINE, S.R.
(2004). Identifying
the potential to apply deficit irrigation strategies in cotton using large
mobile irrigation machines. 4th International Crop Science Conference,
26th Sept – 1st Oct,
Apan, A.A, RAINE, S.R., Cockfield, G.
and Le Brocque, A. (2003). Characterising
land ownership patterns in a salt affected catchment: Key implications for
revegetation. Spatial Science Conf. Sept,
RAINE, S.R. and
Howard, E.J., Donnollan, T.E. and RAINE, S.R. (2003). Opportunities to utilise recycled water from the Millbank Wastewater treatment plant. Water re-use development – agronomic assessment. National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture Publication 1000912/1, USQ, Toowoomba.
RAINE, S.R. and Brier, A. (2003). Deep drainage losses from storages and channels. In “Where is the water and salt going and what is it doing?”, 19-20th November, Narrabri. Northern Murray Darling Basin Water Balance/Deep Drainage Group. CRDC, Narrabri. 2pp.
Raine, S.R. and
RAINE, S.R. and Smith, R.J. (2003). Performance evaluation and deep drainage risk assessment for surface irrigation. In “Where is the water and salt going and what is it doing?”, 19-20th November, Narrabri. Northern Murray Darling Basin Water Balance/Deep Drainage Group. CRDC, Narrabri. 4pp.
Apan, A.A., RAINE, S.R. and Paterson, M.S. (2002). Mapping and analysis of changes in the riparian landscape structure of the Lockyer Valley catchment, Queensland. Landscape and Urban Planning 59:43-57.
Basnet, B.B., Apan, A.A. and RAINE, S.R (2002). Geographic information system
based manure application plan.
Journal of Environmental
Management 64: 99-113.
Foley, J.P. and RAINE, S.R. (2002). Overhead irrigation in the Australian cotton industry. The Australian Cottongrower 23(1):40-44.
Foley, J.F. and RAINE, S.R.
(2002). Centre pivot and lateral move machines
in the Australian cotton industry.
Proc. Nat. Conf. Irrig. Assoc.
Aust., 21st -24th May,
Foley, J.F. and RAINE, S.R.
(2002). Centre pivot and lateral move
machines in the Australian cotton industry.
Irrigation
Hardie, M., Newell, G. and RAINE, S.
(2002). Effect of sugarcane trash
retention systems on furrow irrigation performance. Proc.
Nat. Conf. Irrig. Assoc. Aust., 21st -24th May,
RAINE, S.R, Barber, S.A., and Howard,
E.J. (2002). The development of a resources
collection to support irrigation extension activities within a best management
practice framework. Proc. Nat. Conf. Irrig. Assoc. Aust., 21st
-24th May,
RAINE, S.R. and Foley, J.P.
(2002). Comparing application
systems for cotton irrigation - what are the pros and cons? Field to
Fashion, 11th Australian Cotton Conference, 13-15th August, Australian
Cotton Growers Research Association Inc.
RAINE, S.R. and Foley, J.P. (2002). Comparing systems for cotton irrigation. The Australian Cottongrower 23(4): 30-35.
RAINE, S.R. (2002). Issues in irrigation management for the
RAINE, S.R., Smith, R.J. and Foley, J. (2002). Increasing benchmarking and optimisation of surface irrigation performance in the Australian cotton industry. Discussion Paper. NCEA, Toowoomba. 8pp.
Wigginton, D. and RAINE, S.R. (2002).
Measuring water use and irrigation system performance in the
Basnet, B.B., Apan, A.A. and RAINE, S.R (2001). Selecting sites suitable for animal waste application using a raster GIS. Environmental Management 28(4): 519-31.
Foley, J.P. and RAINE, S.R. (2001). Centre pivot and lateral move machines in the Australian cotton industry. NCEA Publication 1000176/1. USQ, Toowoomba. 39pp.
RAINE, S.R. and Foley, J.P.
(2001). Application systems for cotton
irrigation – are you asking the right questions and getting the answers right. In
“Growing Opportunities”, National Conf. Irrigation Association
Wigginton, D.W. and RAINE, S.R. (2001).
Irrigation system performance on dairy farms in the Mary River Catchment,
Wigginton, D.W. and RAINE, S.R. (2001).
Measuring irrigation system performance in the
RAINE, S.R. (2001). Introduction to Irrigation Systems. In “Irrigation Fundamentals: Training notes”, Irrigation Association of Australia and the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, Toowoomba. 27pp.
RAINE, S.R. (2001). Soil Water and Irrigation. In “Irrigation Fundamentals: Training notes”, Irrigation Association of Australia and the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, Toowoomba. 60pp.
RAINE, S.R., Foley, J.P. and Henkel, C. (2001). Drip irrigation: slick solution or water torture? Australian Cottongrower Nov-Dec, p76-80.
RAINE, S. R. (2000) Towards a fundamental understanding
of soil aggregate breakdown under applied mechanical energies. Nat Soils Conf., ASSSI /NZSSS., Vol 2:
p237-8. 4-8th Dec,
RAINE. S.R., Foley, J.P, and Henkel, C.R. (2000). Drip irrigation in the Australian cotton industry: a scoping study. NCEA Publication 179757/1. USQ, Toowoomba. 63pp.
RAINE, S.R. (2000). Issues in farm design and water management for serious irrigators. Are you in the race? Rural Property Conference 2000, Australian Property Institute. 17-18th March, Toowoomba. 11pp.
Apan, A.A., RAINE, S.R. and Paterson,
M.S. (2000). Image Analysis Techniques for Assessing
Landscape Structural Change: A Case Study of the Lockyer Valley Catchment,
Queensland. Proc. 10th Australasian Remote Sensing and
Photogrammetry Conf. 21-25 August,
Apan, A.A., RAINE, S.R. and Paterson, M.S. (2000). Quantifying Landscape Fragmentation in the Lockyer Valley Catchment, Queensland: 1973–1997. Proc. AURISA Conf., 20-24 Nov. Coolum.
Basnet, B.B., Apan, A.A. and RAINE, S.R
(2000). Selecting sites suitable for
animal waste application using a vector GIS. Nat Conf. Soc Eng in Agric, April,
Smith, R.J. and RAINE, S.R.
(2000). A prescriptive future for
precision and spatially varied irrigation? Nat. Conf. Irrigation Association of
Wigginton, D.W. and RAINE, S.R.
(2000). Water use efficiency
and irrigation practices in the Mary River Catchment, Queensland. Nat.
Conf. Irrigation Association of
RAINE, S.R. (ed) (1999). Research, development and extension in irrigation and water use efficiency: a review for the Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative. NCEA Publication 179743/2, USQ, Toowoomba. pp121.
McClymont, D.J., Smith, R.J. and RAINE,
S.R. (1999) An
integrated numerical model for the design and management of surface irrigation. Int.
Conference on Multi-Objective Decision Support Systems, 1-6 August,
Wigginton, D.W., and RAINE, S.R. (1999). Irrigation and water use efficiency in the Mary River catchment: a scoping study. NCEA Publication 179729/2, USQ, Toowoomba. [Appendix]
RAINE, S.R., McClymont, D.J. and Smith
R.J. (1998). The effect of variable infiltration on
design and management guidelines for surface irrigation. Proc.
ASSSI National Soils Conference, 27-29th April,
Howard, A., RAINE, S.R., and Titmarsh,
G. (1998). The contribution of steam bank erosion to sediment loads in
Gowrie Creek, Toowoomba. Proc.
ASSSI National Soils Conference, 27-29th April,
RAINE, S.R. and Walker, W.R. (1998). Improving the efficiency of surface irrigation. Leading Edge 2, 37-9.
McClymont, D.J., Smith, R.J. and RAINE,
S.R. (1998). An integrated numerical model for design and management of surface
irrigation. International Conference on
Engineering in Agriculture, 27-30 September,
Gupta, K.L., RAINE, S.R. and Smith,
R.J. (1998). The use of simulation
modeling for the design and management of drip irrigation. International
Conference on Engineering in Agriculture, 27-30 September,
RAINE, S. R. (1998) Towards a fundamental
understanding of soil aggregate breakdown under applied mechanical energies. International
Conference on Engineering in Agriculture, 27-30 September,
RAINE, S. R. and
RAINE, S.R. (1998). Irrigation and Water Use Efficiency. In “Principles, processes, participation and people”, AWWA Workshop, 2-4 September, Gympie.
RAINE, S.R. (1998). Best management practices to maximise irrigation efficiency. The Australian Cottongrower 19(3), 48-52.
RAINE, S.R. and Walker, W.R.
(1998). A decision support tool for the
design, management and evaluation of surface irrigation systems. Proc.
National Conference, Irrigation Association of
RAINE, S.R. and So, H.B. (1997). An investigation of the relationships between dispersion, power and mechanical energy using the end-over-end shaking and ultrasonic methods of aggregate stability assessment. Australian J. Soil Research 35, 41-53.
So, H.B, Cook, G.D., and RAINE, S.R. (1997). An examination of the end-over-end shaking technique for measuring soil dispersion. Australian J. Soil Research 35, 31-9.
RAINE, S.R., McClymont, D.J., and Smith, R.J. (1997). The development of guidelines for surface irrigation in areas with variable infiltration. Proc. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists 19, 293-301.
Bakker, D.M., RAINE, S.R., and Robertson, M.J. (1997). A preliminary investigation of alternate furrow irrigation for sugar cane production. Proc. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists 19, 302-309.
So, H.B., Yatapanage, K., and RAINE,
S.R. (1997). Measuring the energies
of aggregate bonding in soils. Bibliotheca
Fragmenta Agronomica, Proc. 14th ISTRO Conference, 27 July-1 August.
Smith, R.J., RAINE, S.R. and McClymont,
D.J. (1997). Design for improved
efficiency of surface irrigation applications: A best management practice. Water
Resources Management Conference, 5-7th September,
RAINE, S.R., Bakker, D.M., and Robertson, M.J. (1997). Alternate furrow irrigation improves water use efficiency. Australian Sugarcane 1(4): 6-7.
RAINE, S.R. and D.M. Bakker. (1996) Increased furrow irrigation efficiency through better design and management of canefields. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists, 30 April-3rd May, Mackay, p119-124.
McDougall, A.J., RAINE, S.R. and Bakker, D.M. (1996). Neutron moisture meter calibration equations for soil water assessment in the sugar industry. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists, 30 April-3rd May, Mackay, p125-130.
RAINE, S.R. and Smith, R.J. (1996) Improving the efficiency of surface irrigation: the view from USQ. CRDC Irrigation Water Use Efficiency Workshop, 29 November, Goondiwindi.
RAINE, S.R. and Shannon, E.L.
(1996). Improving the efficiency
and profitability of furrow irrigation for sugarcane production. In
“Sugarcane: Research Towards Efficient and Sustainable Production p211-2 (Eds JR Wilson, DM Hogarth, JA Campbell and AL
Garside), CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures,
RAINE, S.R. and Shannon, E.L.
(1996). Increasing the irrigation
efficiency of Burdekin canegrowers through participatory action learning. Proc. 13th Conference, Irrigation
Association of
McClymont, D., RAINE, S.R. and Smith,
R.J. (1996). The
prediction of furrow irrigation performance using the surface irrigation model
SIRMOD. Proc. 13th Conference, Irrigation Association of
RAINE, S.R., Ham, G.J. and
So, H.B., RAINE, S.R. and Yatapanage, K. (1996). Soil dispersion: Quantifying the bonding energies of soil aggregates. Proc. ASSSI & NZSSS National Soils Conference, 1-4 July 1996, Melbourne, p263-4.
DeJersey, S.J.,
RAINE, S.R. and So, H.B. (1995). The effects of energy application on the
dispersion of sodic Vertisols. In
‘Australian Sodic Soils: Distribution, Properties and Management (Eds R. Naidu,
M.E. Sumner and P. Rengasamy) pp. 121-6. (CRCSLM/CSIRO,
RAINE, S.R. and So, H.B. (1995). The energies of soil dispersion under rainfall. In ‘Sealing, Crusting and Hardsetting Soils: Productivity and Conservation’ (Eds H.B. So, G.D. Smith, S.R. Raine, B.M. Schafer and R.J. Loch) pp 93-8. (ASSSI, Brisbane)
RAINE, S.R. (1995). Discharge relationships for small cutthroat
flumes. BSES Technical Report TE95004,
Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations,
RAINE, S.R. and Bakker, D.M. (1995). Calibration equations for soil moisture measurement using the neutron moisture meter. BSES Technical Report TE95006, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Brisbane.
RAINE, S.R. (1995). Efficient furrow irrigation - a high priority. BSES Bulletin 50, 6-7.
RAINE, S.R. (1995). Checking the pump or channel capacity of furrow irrigation systems - how to do it simply. BSES Bulletin 50, 18-9.
RAINE, S.R. and So, H.B. (1994). Ultrasonic dispersion of soil in water: the effect of suspension properties on energy dissipation and soil dispersion. Australian J. Soil Research 32, 1157-74.
RAINE, S.R. (1990). Topsoil survey of the pre-strip areas of the
Moura mine. BHP-UTAH Consultant Report,
RAINE, S.R. (1990). Topsoil survey of the pre-strip areas of the
Peak Downs mine. BHP-UTAH Consultant Report,
RAINE, S.R. (1989). Land units of an area of
RAINE, S.R. (1989). Land units of an area of Delamere and
Innesvale Stations,
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Dr Steven R Raine |
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Professor (Irrigation and Soil Science) |
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National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
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Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
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Toowoomba
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Telephone: +61
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