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Irrigation by crop

Irrigation for sugarcane

Twelve months in the ground and a heavy total demand. Drip mainly saves on the pumping bill, and it saves it every month.

Suits it best

Drip irrigation

Usual row spacing

0.9–1.2 m

Water need

4–7 mm/day

Why drip irrigation

A long-duration crop with heavy total demand; drip cuts the pumping bill over 12 months.

What actually changes the answer

  • A full year in the field is the strongest argument for heavier-wall pipe here — replacing a lateral mid-crop is not practical.
  • Total seasonal demand is what matters, not peak day. Size the water source for the whole cycle.
  • Paired-row planting changes the lateral count significantly. Tell us your layout and we will check the sizing.

How much pipe would sugarcane need?

Put in your acres and the estimator works it out against this crop’s row spacing, then prices the parts from our own catalogue at published MRP.

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What you’d be buying

Drip IrrigationLDPE Pipes

Spacings and water figures on this page are widely published agronomic ranges, not a design for your field. Soil, slope, water source and pump all move them. Send us your crop, acres and pump details and we’ll confirm the sizing before you commit.

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Where these numbers come from

  • ICAR (opens in a new tab)

    Indian Council of Agricultural Research — crop agronomy and regional package-of-practices.

  • TNAU Agritech Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Crop-wise spacing, water requirement and drip layout references for southern India.

  • FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56 (opens in a new tab)

    The reference method for crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficients that daily water figures derive from.