Irrigating Agriculture

published - 16 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Building Resilience

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on Building Resilience to Cope with Change by Greg and Jo Bear below.
Greg and Jo are local farmers to the Kerang districts and are in a family partnership with Greg’s brother, Graeme and wife …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 14 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Hay and Grain

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on the Hay and Grain markets by Colin Peace below.
Colin originated from a mixed farming property at Leitchville and today is currently a consultant at Jumbuck Ag. Colin’s career has included grain trading, grain …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 12 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Water trading

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on Water trading by Mark Mitchell below.
Mark is a senior policy officer with the retail entitlements and markets team with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), based in Tatura. Mark has …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources, Water Management

published - 10 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Water Markets

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on the Water Markets by Craig Feuerherdt.
Craig is the Business Development Manager, for H2OX, based at Bendigo. Craig brings over 11 years of water market experience to H2OX having been the Water Operations …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources, Water Management

published - 8 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Climate and Weather

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on the current season and weather by Rob Pipunic below.
Rob works from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) based in Melbourne.  Rob is in the Water Program and liaises closely with the BoM Agriculture team. …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 18 October 2019
By Alexis Killoran
Whole Farm Planning and irrigation upgrades improve drought security

Kevin Ward has been dairy farming near Maffra for over 20 years. During the recent drought Kevin applied for a Whole Farm Plan through the Agriculture Victoria incentives program.
The reduced availability and rising prices of irrigation water made his existing flood irrigation system uneconomical. The irrigation Whole Farm Plan is …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources

published - 10 October 2019
By James Paulet
Irrigation Incentives Changes in the Macalister Irrigation Area

Recently, some changes have occurred to the eligibility criteria for Irrigation Incentives in the Macalister Irrigation Area.
BPSI (Best Practice Surface Irrigation) is now available ($400/ha) for anyone that is able to irrigate with a stable and consistent flow rate. This now allows river and groundwater diverters to be eligible as …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 4 October 2019
By Tim Robinson
Irrigation, commodities and climate info sessions – Sept 2019

Four cross-industry sessions were ran in September at Stanhope, Murrabit, Macorna and Katamatite to provide the latest on irrigation, commodities and climate settings and outlooks.
There was also an opportunity to hear from a local farmer about plans for the season and managing for the long-term.
The sessions were well received with …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 4 October 2019
By Tim Robinson
Irrigation Efficiency Incentives Program in the Mallee

Merbein Pistachios farm manager Chris Rayner says the technical knowledge and understanding he can now apply to their 60-hectare planting is “as good as it gets”.
The grower was supported by the Mallee CMA’s Irrigation Efficiency Incentives Program open to irrigators for work that can be shown to save water, prevent …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources

published - 2 August 2019
By Adrian Smith & Alex Schultz
Head loss in open channel systems

Head loss is the drop in water level as water flows through a structure or along a channel.
This video uses a scale model to visually demonstrate the effect that different sized structures, incorrectly installed structures and poorly maintained channels can have on head loss and flow rate.
Special thanks to Rice …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources