**The ETo Weekly Irrigation Requirements will return at the start of the next irrigation season**
MID ETo Update
7 to 13 May 2020
-
- Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 20 days
- Spray irrigation amount was 12 mm of irrigation water for the last week
- The predicted weekly pasture water use for Bairnsdale is 10 mm, MID 9 mm, Orbost 10 mm and Yarram 10 mm
- Glenmaggie is at 66.5%
* These figures are approximate and do not take into account rainfall on farm*
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Winter Maintenance
With the closure of the irrigation season, over winter is a perfect opportunity to do on farm upgrades\maintenance to your irrigation systems. e.g on farm channel upgrades, filling up wheel ruts. If you have tensiometers, it is important that their gauges are removed before the first frost to avoid damaging the pressure gauge on them.
Testimonials Wanted
We are currently evaluating our irrigation program over the last 2 years if you have been involved in the program and have made changes as a result of either extension services we offer (e.g spray assessments, or other irrigation advice) or the incentives program and would like to tell your story and share impacts, please get in contact with us.
ETo – Last Week Totals
|
Location |
ETo (mm) | Effective Rain * mm (R) | Dairy pasture coefficient | Required Irrigation mm (ETo – R) |
|
Boisdale |
12 | 3.6 | 1 |
8.4 |
|
Cowwarr |
11 | 4.4 | 1 |
6.6 |
|
East Sale |
13 | 4.4 | 1 |
8.6 |
|
Nambrok |
13 | 2.2 | 1 |
10.8 |
|
Tinamba |
11 | 5.4 | 1 |
5.6 |
|
Location |
ETo (mm) | Effective Rain * mm (R) | Dairy pasture coefficient |
Required Irrigation mm (ETo – R) |
|
Bairnsdale |
15 | 1.2 | 1 |
13.8 |
|
Latrobe Valley Airport |
10 | 11.6 | 1 |
0 |
|
Orbost |
11 | 2.4 | 1 |
8.6 |
|
Yarram |
13 |
15.6 | 1 |
0 |
MID average daily pasture water use over the last week was 1.7mm/day. Tip: To convert mm to megalitres/ha, divide by 100. Eg. 50mm = 0.5ML /ha.
* Effective rainfall = daily rainfall minus 2mm.
ETₒ and the “crop coefficient” (conversion factor) of 1.0 applies to a healthy productive pasture 12 cm high.
** This data is not included when doing any of the below calculations
The approximate MID flood irrigation interval based on last week’s daily pasture water use rate was 20 days. (This figure assumes that 30 mm of readily available water is held in the pasture root zone divided by the 1.7 mm/day = 18 days and then add an extra two days to account for waterlogging). This does not take into account any rain your farm may have got during the week which will extend the interval.
For Thursday 14 May to Wednesday 20 May
|
Location |
Predicted weekly pasture water use (mm/ha) | Predicted Weekly Pasture water use (ML/ha) | Predicted daily pasture water use (mm/day) |
|
Bairnsdale |
10 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
|
MID |
9 | 0.09 |
1.3 |
| Orbost | 10 | 0.1 |
1.4 |
| Yarram | 10 | 0.1 |
1.4 |
This ETo update is also available as an email. Contact alexis.c.killoran@agriculture.vic.gov.au
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