Irrigating Agriculture

Irrigating Agriculture

Whole Farm Planning and Irrigation upgrades improve drought security

Irrigating with saline groundwater in the GMID

Irrigation Efficiency Incentives in the Mallee

Seasonal Updates: Commodity outlook & cropping options

Irrigating in a dry season

The Dirty Side of Irrigation

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published - 17 February 2020
By Rob O'Connor & Tim Robinson
Seasonal Updates: Commodity outlooks and cropping options – presentations

Free, cross-industry sessions were held in February 2020 to assist irrigators with upcoming sowing, irrigation and stock feeding decisions.
The latest information is provided on climate and commodity outlooks, along with cropping options and management tips for limited water availability.
Situation and outlook

Short and long – term climate outlook, climate drivers and …
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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 moisture monitoring devices, and plant sensors.
Plant-based sensors work on the concept of using plants as a “biosensor”. Meaning, the plant is used as the integrator …
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published - 6 April 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 05/04/2020*
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other measurements such as solar radiation, wind, …
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published - 2 April 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 12 days
Spray irrigation amount was 21 mm of irrigation water for the last week
The predicted …
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published - 2 April 2020
By Rob O'Connor
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria

 
 
Thursday 2 Apr 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 14 February 2020
By Natalie Mason
Blue-green algae alerts for Sunraysia

Blue-green algae (BGA) blooms have been reported with increasing regularity in inland river networks in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.
Sunraysia recently experienced a BGA outbreak, which triggered a Red Alert, extending from Red Cliffs to Lock 10 (issued 3 December 2019 for Mildura Weir Pool, later extended, and …
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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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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 - 18 January 2020
By Rob O'Connor & Tim Robinson
Seasonal Updates: Commodity outlooks and cropping options

In February 2020, there is another round of Seasonal Updates coming up with information on commodity outlooks and cropping options for the 2020 season.
These free, cross-industry sessions will assist irrigators with upcoming sowing, irrigation and stock feeding decisions.
The latest information will be provided on climate and commodity outlooks, along with …
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