Irrigating Agriculture

Whole Farm Planning and Irrigation upgrades improve drought security

Irrigating with saline groundwater in the GMID

Minimising Drip Irrigation System Drainage

Soil Survey vs Soil Sampling. What's the Difference?

Irrigating in a dry season

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Published - 19 April 2021
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. …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, north east, smarter irrigation

Irrigation Scheduling

Published - 15 April 2021
By Rob O'Connor

Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria

Thursday 15 April 2021
Weekly Irrigation Requirement$ Summary – Driving Water Productivity
This update provides ‘reference evapotranspiration’ (ETo) information to assist with improved irrigation scheduling for …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling

Irrigation Scheduling

Published - 15 April 2021
By James Paulet

Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District (Gippsland)

MID ETo Update
8th to 14th April 2021
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Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 15 days
Spray irrigation amount was 17 mm of irrigation water for the last week
The predicted weekly pasture …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID, smarter irrigation

Irrigation Scheduling

Published - 9 April 2021
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 …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, lower murray, Sunraysia

Irrigation Scheduling

Published - 8 April 2021
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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 …
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irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, soil moisture monitoring

Irrigation Scheduling, Irrigation Systems, Water Management

Published - 30 March 2021
By John Paulet & Rob O’Connor

Goulburn to Murray trade and Murray delivery risk

Key messages:

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) have conducted a review of inter-valley trade between the Goulburn and Murray.
Delivery risks on the …
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Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, mallee irrigation, Murrumbidgee Valley, north east, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade, webinar

Irrigation Systems, Water Management

Published - 2 March 2021
By John Paulet & Rob O'Connor

Understanding and managing water price variability on farm webinar recording

Key messages:

Water supply across the whole southern connected basin is a key driver of allocation price.
Inflows will be the key to future prices. There will …
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Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, IVT, Plan2Farm, sMDB, water market, water price, water trade

Water Management

Published - 5 February 2021
By Rob O'Connor & John Paulet

Where is the water market heading in the long term? Webinar recording

Key Messages:
January 28th 2021
The price of irrigation water in the southern Murray Darling Basin (sMDB) has varied considerably in recent years. This has been driven …
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Agriculture Victoria, allocation, GMID, horticulture, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar, IVT, sMDB, water market, water price

Water Management

Published - 22 January 2021
By John Paulet & Pippa Auld

Centre Pivot and Lateral Move Performance Check

An underperforming centre pivot or lateral move (CPLM) irrigation system can be costly. Poor performance can occur throughout the system including in the pump, motor, …
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Agriculture Victoria, centre pivot, CPLM, energy saving, farm design, head loss, irrigation, irrigation design, irrigation technology, lateral move irrigator, pumping efficiency, smarter irrigation, spray irrigation, system maintenance

Irrigation Systems

Published - 21 January 2021
By John Paulet & Pippa Auld

Centre Pivot and Lateral Move System Capacity Factsheet

System capacity is a critical design component of any centre pivot or lateral move (CPLM) irrigation system. It is a measure of how quickly water …
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Agriculture Victoria, centre pivot, CPLM, farm design, irrigation design, irrigation systems, lateral move irrigator, spray irrigation

Farm Planning, Irrigation Systems, Water Management

Published - 11 November 2020
By Natalie Mason

Using satellites to monitor crop water use

Agriculture Victoria is offering training in the use of satellite crop water use technology (IrriSAT) which can be used for irrigated and rainfed crops.
Registrants are …
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Agriculture Victoria, irrigation decisions, irrigation technology, irriSAT

Water Management

Published - 9 November 2020
By Rob O'Connor

Water Market 101: Situation and outlook in the sMDB September 2020

This is the first in a series of irrigation webinars by Agriculture Victoria. Listen to Craig Feuerherdt talk about the water market situation and how …
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Agriculture Victoria, GMID, irrigation, irrigation decisions, seasonal conditions, seasonal outlook, sMDB

Water Management