Published - 22 September 2020 By Natalie Mason & Mark Skewes Almond Irrigation Best Practice Management Improving water use efficiency and maintaining best practice management is a priority for most irrigators. Hort Innovation, using the almond research and development levy and contributions … Read More Agriculture Victoria, drip irrigation, horticulture, irrigation, irrigation decisions, mallee irrigation, Sunraysia Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources, Water Management
Published - 18 September 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 - 17 September 2020 By Rob O'Connor Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria Thursday 17 September 2020 Weekly Irrigation Requirement$ Summary – Driving Water Productivity This update provides ‘reference evapotranspiration’ (ETo) information to assist with improved irrigation scheduling for … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
Published - 17 September 2020 By James Paulet Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District (Gippsland) MID ETo Update 10-16 September 2020 _____________________________________________ Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 14 days Spray irrigation amount was 18 mm of irrigation water for the last week The predicted weekly pasture water … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources, Water Management
Published - 9 July 2020 By Natalie Mason Soil survey vs soil sampling. What’s the difference? In irrigated horticulture it is essential to understand soil characteristics. It allows growers to maximise the efficiency of irrigation system design and to support crop … Read More Agriculture Victoria, horticulture, irrigation, mallee irrigation, soil sampling, soil survey, soil test Farm Planning, Home, Resources
Published - 29 June 2020 By Sandra Beasley Increased transparency with new water market dashboards As a result of the Victorian Government’s commitment to increasing water market transparency, the Victorian Water Register has created three new interactive dashboards. The dashboards … Read More Engage Victoria, Victorian Water Register, water market, water trade Home, Resources, Water Management
Published - 23 June 2020 By John Paulet A new guide to Irrigation in Northern Victoria Are you planning to make a change to your irrigation system or are you new to irrigation in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District? This new booklet outlines the key things you should consider when selecting an efficient irrigation … Read More Agriculture Victoria, farm design, gbcma, GMID, groundwater, horticulture, irrigation, irrigation decisions, irrigation design, irrigation information, irrigation systems, irrigation technology, irrigation upgrades, nccma, soil moisture monitoring, Whole Farm Plan Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources, 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 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 - 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 - 1 May 2020 By Tim Robinson North Central Regional Catchment Strategy 2021-27 People who farm and manage land, live in towns, work, volunteer or go to school all have a role to play in renewing the Regional … Read More Engage Victoria, irrigation, Loddon Valley, Torrumbarry Home, Resources, Water Management
