Vanden Bussche Irrigation

  New Skills for Expanded Career Options Vanden Bussche Irrigation is proud to offer education and training created in collaboration with a handful of Canada’s top irrigation and landscaping providers. Our  Online Training Portal  contains dozens of courses, and we would like to highlight three areas of particular use to our customers and their employees. So, if you’re ready to brush up on the following areas or save time and energy during new hire training, check out courses on:  Business: Crew leaders and landscape business owners can expand their knowledge with our essential business courses that cover the essentials of running a landscaping business efficiently, profitably, and sustainably. Landscape Lighting. Landscape lighting provides illumination to extend outdoor living hours while also providing security lighting for darker areas of a property. Learning how to install these systems makes crew members more valuable to customers.  Irrigation/Drip Irrigation. Give your crew a pr

Vanden Bussche’s very own Yuriy Gudz is working with Osgoode Farms to install a sub-surface drip irrigation system, a system that can reap many benefits.  Based on Osgoode Farms soil type, sub-surface drip irrigation is a great solution that will preserve moisture, reduce energy, and improve plant growth. The farm has a goal to increase corn yields by 75 bu an acre, and installing this system makes that goal much more attainable. So far, they have installed the first 53 acres of sub-surface drip irrigation, and are planning to irrigate the full 350 acres. This story is featured in the Ontario Farmer. View the full article HERE to learn more about sub-surface drip irrigation and the project at Osgoode Farms. 

  Insights from Experienced Irrigation Professionals in Ontario Effective crop irrigation is all about the right amount of water, at the right time, for a suitable duration, and with the right distribution system. While there is a significant dependence on the weather conditions and availability of reliable and abundant water sources for your farm, the two other critical factors are:  Choosing the correct  type of irrigation system  that suits your land, soil, and crop type  Regularly maintaining the system and carrying out timely repairs or  irrigation system upgrades   The irrigation and water management (IWM) experts at Vanden Bussche Irrigation explain typical challenges in agricultural irrigation.   Top Irrigation Concerns for Ontario Farmers Some of the most common issues that can come in the way of agricultural farm irrigation are:  Shortage of ground or surface water Irrigation restrictions Poor quality of water In Ontario, the Ontario Permit To Take Water (PTTW) program regula