Published - 4 February 2026 By Amanda Gois Viana Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria Wednesday, 4 February 2026 Weekly Irrigation Requirements Northern Victoria This update provides reference evapotranspiration (ETo) information to assist with irrigation scheduling for improved yields and higher water productivity. This information can … Read More Agriculture Victoria, irrigation scheduling, smarter irrigation, soil moisture monitoring Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
Published - 19 January 2026 By Stephanie Ann Veskoukis Be Part of the Gippsland Irrigation Expo 2026 – Exhibitors Wanted We are inviting irrigation businesses to showcase their products, services and latest technologies at the Gippsland Irrigation Expo this year. The Gippsland Irrigation Expo will return … Read More drought, irrigation, irrigation decisions, irrigation design, irrigation technology, seasonal conditions, soil moisture monitoring Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Systems, Water Management
Published - 15 December 2025 By Colette Suter Key Performance Checks for a Centre Pivot Irrigation System This video series outlines the key performance checks for a Centre Pivot Irrigation System to help optimise system operation and irrigation scheduling. Video contents An introduction to … Read More Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Systems, Resources, Uncategorized, Water Management
Published - 1 May 2025 By Rob O'Connor Upcoming water availability update Thursday 1 May 2025 Upcoming water availability update Southern Basin The aim of this service is to reduce some of the uncertainty about upcoming irrigation water availability, to … Read More allocations, basin, inflow, irrigation, outlook, storage, water Irrigation Scheduling, Resources, Water Management
Published - 18 July 2024 By Colette Suter OVERsched – A Centre Pivot and Lateral Move management support tool OVERsched is a simple visualisation tool that allows the user to evaluate the effect of different management strategies on soil-water stress within different parts of … Read More Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
Published - 19 September 2023 By Rob O'Connor & Tim Robinson Interactive ETo irrigation scheduling tool A pilot interactive irrigation scheduling tool is now available on ExtensionAUS for irrigators to use, providing daily evapotranspiration (ETo) and rainfall data from the Bureau … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation decisions, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology Irrigation Scheduling
Published - 18 August 2022 By Billy Marshall Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District (Gippsland) MID ETo Update 11th August to 17th August 2022 ____________________________________________ Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 27 days Spray irrigation amount was 9 mm of irrigation water for … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID, smarter irrigation Irrigation Scheduling
Published - 8 April 2021 By Using tension based soil moisture monitoring tools to schedule irrigation Tension measuring devices provide information about water availability in the soil. Soil tension can be used by irrigators to better plan when to irrigate in … Read More irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, soil moisture monitoring Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Systems, Water Management
Published - 13 August 2020 By Natalie Mason APAL Webinar: Managing orchards through drought In recent years, water availability has been a key issue for many horticultural crops. The Apple and Pear Australia Ltd, APAL, recently hosted a webinar … Read More Agriculture Victoria, APAL, drip irrigation, drought, dry seasons, seasonal conditions, Sunraysia, Sunraysia irrigation district Farm Planning, Irrigation Scheduling, Water Management
Published - 9 June 2020 By Rob O'Connor Support available to help boost water productivity The Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Jaclyn Symes recently announced that the amount available for the On-Farm Drought Resilience Grant Program has increased from $5,000 to … Read More Agriculture Victoria, dry seasons, incentives, irrigation decisions, irrigation technology, SMM, soil moisture monitoring Irrigation Scheduling
Published - 25 May 2020 By Natalie Mason Monitoring health and crop water requirements using remote sensing Human eyes can see colour in the visible spectrum of light, such as the colours of the rainbow (blue, green and red visible light bands). … Read More crop health, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, NDRE, NDVI, remote sensing Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
Published - 11 May 2020 By Natalie Mason Introduction to remote sensing for crop health Remote sensing refers to a suite of technologies that use sensors to obtain information about an object without making contact with it. The sensors used … Read More irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, NDVI, remote sensing, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
