Irrigating Agriculture

Irrigating with saline groundwater in the GMID

Managing horticultural crops with less water

Soil moisture information and irrigation scheduling

Irrigating in a dry season

The Dirty Side of Irrigation

published - 16 September 2019
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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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, north east, smarter irrigation

Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 12 September 2019
By Rob O'Connor

Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria

Thursday 12 Sept 2019
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.
Next week’s Weekly Irrigation Requirement$ email will be delivered on Friday (20 Sept, rather than Thursday) due to delivery of …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling

Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 9 September 2019
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 08/09/2019*

What is Potential Evaporanspiration?
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other measurements such as …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, lower murray, Sunraysia

Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 29 August 2019
By Agriculture Victoria

Irrigation, commodities and climate info sessions

Spring 2019 DSC info sessions

Agriculture Victoria, dry seasons, GMID, irrigation, irrigation decisions, Plan2Farm, seasonal conditions, seasonal determination, seasonal outlook

Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 2 August 2019
By Adrian Smith & Alex Schultz

Head loss in open channel systems

Head loss is the drop in water level as water flows through a structure or along a channel.
This video uses a scale model to visually demonstrate the effect that different sized structures, incorrectly installed structures and poorly maintained channels can have on head loss and flow rate.
Special thanks to Rice …
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farm design, gravity irrigation, head loss, irrigation design, Murray LLS, NSW DPI, open channel, Rice Extension

Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources

published - 16 April 2019
By Rabi Maskey

Should I install a pipe and riser or an open channel irrigation system?

Recently there has been increased interest in pipe and riser system with the roll out of programs like Farm Water. Upgrading farm irrigation supply channels to pipes and risers can potentially improve the efficiency of water use on farm through lower seepage and evaporation losses.
Pipes vs channels
Irrigators need to examine …
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Agriculture Victoria, farm design, irrigation technology, pipes and risers, Whole Farm Plan

Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources

published - 10 April 2019

Dry Seasonal Conditions February 2019 – Damian Jones

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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Agriculture Victoria, dry seasons, ICC, irrigated cropping council, irrigation decisions, Plan2Farm, seasonal conditions, seasonal outlook

Farm Planning, Home, Resources, Water Management

published - 9 April 2019