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 Water Management
Published - 1 May 2020 By Tim Robinson Distributing the Irrigator’s Share On-ground works are nearing completion for the Connections Project, the $2 billion investment in irrigation infrastructure modernisation in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District (GMID). Once complete, … Read More delivery share, Engage Victoria, GMID, GMW Connections Home, Resources, Water Management
Published - 30 April 2020 By Tim Robinson Goulburn to Murray IVT trade rule review The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) needs your input to proposed changes to the Goulburn to Murray trade rule. Delivering water from the … Read More Engage Victoria, GMID, irrigation, IVT, Loddon Valley, Torrumbarry Home, Resources, Water Management
Published - 20 April 2020 By Alex Schultz, Research Development Officer, NSW DPI Deniliquin Irrigation profitability case studies in southern NSW – Murrumbidgee Upgrading irrigation infrastructure to achieve higher operational efficiencies and water productivity can present a significant upfront cost and knowing if it is the correct decision … Read More irrigation case study, irrigation design, irrigation upgrades, Murrumbidgee Valley, NSW DPI Farm Planning, Irrigation Systems, Water Management
Published - 14 April 2020 By Alex Schultz, Research Development Officer, NSW DPI Deniliquin Irrigation 101 – online learning modules from Tocal College NSW Department of Primary Industries Tocal College have a free Irrigation 101 online course available. The course contains fundamental information on irrigation systems and management … Read More irrigation, irrigation concepts, irrigation online training modules, irrigation systems, NSW DPI, online training, Tocal College Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources, Water Management
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, drip irrigation, horticulture, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, mallee irrigation, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, smarter irrigation, SMM, soil moisture monitoring Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, GMID, irrigation, irrigation decisions, seasonal conditions Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources, Water Management
Published - 17 February 2020 By Rob O'Connor & Tim Robinson Seasonal Updates Feb 2020: Commodity outlooks and cropping options 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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, dry seasons, GMID, ICC, irrigated cropping council, irrigation, irrigation decisions, nccma, Plan2Farm, seasonal conditions, seasonal outlook Farm Planning, Home, Resources
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 … Read More horticulture, irrigation, Lower Murray Water, mallee irrigation, Sunraysia Home, Resources, Water Management
