Irrigating Agriculture

Topic: Agriculture Victoria

published - 9 December 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 08/12/2019*
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other measurements such as solar radiation, wind, …
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Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 9 December 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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Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 6 December 2019
By Modabber Khan
Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District

Macalister ETo Update
28th November to 4th December 2019

Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 9 days
Spray irrigators needed to have applied 29 mm of irrigation water for the week
The predicted weekly pasture water use for the MID in the next week is 42 mm, Yarram 34 mm and Bairnsdale 42 mm. 
Glenmaggie is at 75.3%

* These figures are approximate …
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Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources

published - 29 November 2019
By Natalie Mason
Nursery Irrigation Workshop in the Mallee region

During November, Agriculture Victoria hosted a free, two-day WATERWORK Nursery Irrigation Workshop at SuniTAFE Farm, which provided participants with the latest information on nursery irrigation management.
Nursery irrigation consultant, Bill Yiasoumi, shared his expertise with thirty-three attendees including students, nursery managers and employees, and farmers.
The WATERWORK workshop has been run for …
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Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources, Water Management

published - 26 November 2019
Advanced Drip Irrigation Workshop – Irymple

Agriculture Victoria in conjunction with Netafim Australia, is offering half day workshop for irrigators who are looking to receive the latest information on drip irrigation management.
Presenters are Jeremy Giddings, Agriculture Victoria and Peter Henry, Agronomist, Netafim Australia.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their irrigation design and to come prepared to spend …
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published - 16 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Building Resilience

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on Building Resilience to Cope with Change by Greg and Jo Bear below.
Greg and Jo are local farmers to the Kerang districts and are in a family partnership with Greg’s brother, Graeme and wife …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 14 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Hay and Grain

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on the Hay and Grain markets by Colin Peace below.
Colin originated from a mixed farming property at Leitchville and today is currently a consultant at Jumbuck Ag. Colin’s career has included grain trading, grain …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources

published - 12 November 2019
By Ruby Barnes
Seasonal Outlook September 2019 – Water trading

Agriculture Victoria with Plan2Farm delivered 4 Dry Seasonal Conditions workshops in September across Northern Victoria.  Watch the presentation on Water trading by Mark Mitchell below.
Mark is a senior policy officer with the retail entitlements and markets team with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), based in Tatura. Mark has …
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Farm Planning, Home, Resources, Water Management

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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Farm Planning, Home, Resources, Water Management

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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