published - 3 July 2020 By Maxine Schache Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Mallee Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Driving Water Productivity This update provides ‘reference evapotranspiration’ (ETo) data to assist with improved irrigation scheduling for top growth rates and yields … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, lower murray, Sunraysia Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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 $5,000 to … Read More Agriculture Victoria, dry seasons, incentives, irrigation decisions, irrigation technology, SMM, soil moisture monitoring Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 25 May 2020 By Natalie Mason Monitoring health and crop water requirements using remote sensing Human eyes can see colour in the visible spectrum of light, such as the colours of the rainbow (blue, green and red visible light bands). … Read More crop health, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, NDRE, NDVI, remote sensing Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 14 May 2020 By James Paulet Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District (Gippsland) **The ETo Weekly Irrigation Requirements will return at the start of the next irrigation season** MID ETo Update 7 to 13 May 2020 Flood irrigation interval for the … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 14 May 2020 By Rob O'Connor Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria **The ETo Weekly Irrigation Requirements will return at the start of the next irrigation season** Thursday 14 May 2020 Weekly Irrigation Requirement$ Summary – Driving Water Productivity … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling 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
published - 17 April 2020 By Dennis Watson Weekly Irrigation Requirements – North East Victoria **The ETo Weekly Irrigation Requirements will return at the start of the next irrigation season** Weekly Irrigation Requirements – North East Victoria This update provides ‘reference evapotranspiration’ (ETo) … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, north east, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 6 April 2020 By Natalie Mason Plant based sensors for irrigation scheduling Technology used in irrigation scheduling is becoming more diverse and more sophisticated. Scheduling information can be gathered from variety of sources including weather stations, soil … Read More Agriculture Victoria, drip irrigation, horticulture, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, mallee irrigation, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 31 March 2020 By Rob O'Connor Tools for better irrigation scheduling In this recent webinar, Rob O’Connor from Agriculture Victoria discusses irrigation scheduling tools to achieve top yields and water use efficiency. Rob provides information on Evapotranspiration … Read More Agriculture Victoria, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, smarter irrigation, SMM, soil moisture monitoring Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 13 March 2020 By Rob O'Connor Managing autumn irrigation and stock feed requirements Many farmers in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District are preparing for autumn irrigation start-up. Others have already started irrigating, largely on ‘the back’ of rain that … Read More Agriculture Victoria, GMID, irrigation, irrigation decisions, seasonal conditions Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources, Water Management
