Irrigating Agriculture

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 (ET) tools and services available to irrigators and shares results and learnings from using soil moisture monitoring equipment for more informed irrigation decision making.
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published - 30 March 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 for the Mallee region.
ETo graph and readings to week ending 29/03/2020*
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other measurements such as solar radiation, wind, …
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published - 27 March 2020
By Dennis Watson
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – North East Victoria

Weekly Irrigation Requirements – North East Victoria
This update provides ‘reference evapotranspiration’ (ETo) data to assist with improved irrigation scheduling for top yields and high water productivity.Note: To convert mm to megalitres /ha, divide by 100. Eg. 50mm = 0.5ML /ha.
Below is a table showing a possible starting time for irrigation for …
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published - 26 March 2020
By James Paulet
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District

MID ETo Update
19 March to 25 March 2020
The Ag Vic Maffra Team sends our well wishes to you during the COVID-19 event.
We are all working from home but are still contactable by mobile phone and email.

Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 11 days
Spray irrigation amount was 23 mm of irrigation water for the last week
The predicted weekly …
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published - 26 March 2020
By Rob O'Connor
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria

 
 
Thursday 26 Mar 2020
Weekly Irrigation Requirement$ Summary – Driving Water Productivity
This update provides ‘reference evapotranspiration’ (ETo) information to assist with improved irrigation scheduling for top yields and high water productivity.
 
IRRIGATION SCHEDULING TOOL
This interactive scheduling tool helps you determine the most productive timing for the next surface irrigation for your …
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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 fell in early March.
This article outlines some management tips to optimise autumn irrigation water use.  It also describes steps involved in costing out irrigation water …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources, Water Management

published - 4 February 2020
By Natalie Mason
Anthony Cirillo’s Farming Story: Mallee Irrigation Efficiency Incentives Program

Table grape grower Anthony Cirillo said help to install “cutting edge technology” had resulted in bigger crops and better-quality fruit using “the same, if not less, water”.
The irrigation efficiency incentives program from the Mallee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) helped to fast track conversion of older sprinkler systems to drip irrigation.
Upgrading …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Systems, Resources, Water Management

published - 20 January 2020
By Natalie Mason
Domenic Sergi’s Farming Story: Mallee Irrigation Efficiency Incentives Program

SJDC Produce director Domenic Sergi said the irrigation efficiency incentive program through the Mallee CMA allowed them to “improve our farm infrastructure”, and “help bring our systems to modern standard, to best practice”.
With financial assistance from the incentive program and training through Agriculture Victoria they were able interpret soil surveys …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Systems, Resources, Water Management

published - 8 April 2019
Dry Seasonal Conditions February 2019 – David Barthold

During February Agriculture Victoria ran a series of workshops under the Plan2Farm banner. Participants were provided with key information for making tactical decisions around dry seasonal conditions and the upcoming autumn, winter and spring growing period.
The cross-industry workshops provided the latest information on seasonal and commodity outlooks, and discussed different …
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Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 29 November 2018
By Rob O'Connor
What to know about Evapotranspiration and how to use it to schedule irrigations

Evapotranspiration provides a relatively objective and reliable estimate of the water requirements of actively growing plants in a farm situation. Evapotranspiration information can be used by irrigators to more accurately schedule irrigations to help achieve top yields and improve water productivity.
What is Evapotranspiration?
Evapotranspiration is an estimate of the loss of …
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