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

Soil moisture information and irrigation scheduling

Irrigating in a dry season

The Dirty Side of Irrigation

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published - 11 November 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 10/11/2019*
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other measurements such as solar radiation, wind, …
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published - 11 November 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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published - 10 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Water Markets

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on the Water Markets by Craig Feuerherdt.
Craig is the Business Development Manager, for H2OX, based at Bendigo. Craig brings over 11 years of water market experience to H2OX having been the Water Operations …
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published - 8 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Climate and Weather

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on the current season and weather by Rob Pipunic below.
Rob works from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) based in Melbourne.  Rob is in the Water Program and liaises closely with the BoM Agriculture team. …
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published - 7 November 2019
By Rob O'Connor
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Northern Victoria

 
 
Thursday 7 Nov 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.
 
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 October 2019
By James Paulet
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District

Macalister ETo Update
24 to 30 October 2019

Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 9 days
Spray irrigators needed to have applied on average 32 mm of irrigation water for the week
The predicted weekly pasture water use for the MID in the next week is 38 mm
Lake Glenmaggie is at 85.1%

* These figures are approximate …
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published - 18 October 2019
By Alexis Killoran
Whole Farm Planning and irrigation upgrades improve drought security

Kevin Ward has been dairy farming near Maffra for over 20 years. During the recent drought Kevin applied for a Whole Farm Plan through the Agriculture Victoria incentives program.
The reduced availability and rising prices of irrigation water made his existing flood irrigation system uneconomical. The irrigation Whole Farm Plan is …
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published - 10 October 2019
By James Paulet
Irrigation Incentives Changes in the Macalister Irrigation Area

Recently, some changes have occurred to the eligibility criteria for Irrigation Incentives in the Macalister Irrigation Area.
BPSI (Best Practice Surface Irrigation) is now available ($400/ha) for anyone that is able to irrigate with a stable and consistent flow rate. This now allows river and groundwater diverters to be eligible as …
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published - 4 October 2019
By Tim Robinson
Irrigation, commodities and climate info sessions – Sept 2019

Four cross-industry sessions were ran in September at Stanhope, Murrabit, Macorna and Katamatite to provide the latest on irrigation, commodities and climate settings and outlooks.
There was also an opportunity to hear from a local farmer about plans for the season and managing for the long-term.
The sessions were well received with …
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published - 4 October 2019
By Tim Robinson
Irrigation Efficiency Incentives Program in the Mallee

Merbein Pistachios farm manager Chris Rayner says the technical knowledge and understanding he can now apply to their 60-hectare planting is “as good as it gets”.
The grower was supported by the Mallee CMA’s Irrigation Efficiency Incentives Program open to irrigators for work that can be shown to save water, prevent …
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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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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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