These free, cross-industry workshops will provide the latest on seasonal and commodity outlooks, making the most from your water allocation, and opportunities to discuss some tactical farm decisions leading into autumn, winter and spring.
Topics
Situation and outlook
Water availability
Climate
Grain and fodder
Soil moisture network.
Farm Decisions
Cropping options and gross margins
Water market – options and […]
These free, cross-industry workshops will provide the latest on seasonal and commodity outlooks, making the most from your water allocation, and opportunities to discuss some tactical farm decisions leading into autumn, winter and spring.
Topics
Situation and outlook
Water availability
Climate
Grain and fodder
Soil moisture network.
Farm Decisions
Cropping options and gross margins
Water market – options and […]
These free, cross-industry workshops will provide the latest on seasonal and commodity outlooks, making the most from your water allocation, and opportunities to discuss some tactical farm decisions leading into autumn, winter and spring.
Topics
Situation and outlook
Water availability
Climate
Grain and fodder
Soil moisture network.
Farm Decisions
Cropping options and gross margins
Water market – options and […]
Commodity outlooks, irrigation and cropping options
These free, cross-industry workshops will provide the latest on seasonal and commodity outlooks, making the most from your water allocation, and opportunities to discuss some tactical farm decisions leading into autumn, winter and spring.
Topics
Situation and outlook
Water availability
Climate
Grain and fodder
Soil moisture network.
Farm Decisions
Cropping options and gross […]
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
What is Potential Evapotranspiration?
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other […]
Macalister ETo Update
6 to 13 February 2019
Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 10 days
Spray irrigators needed to have applied on average 28 mm of irrigation water for the week
The predicted weekly pasture water use for the MID in the next week is 35 mm
Lake Glenmaggie is at 40%
* These figures are […]
Thursday 14 February 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
The interactive scheduling tool helps you determine the most productive timing for the next irrigation for your unique […]
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 02/09/2018*
What is Potential Evaporanspiration?
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other measurements such as […]
At a glance
Project: Flood to spray conversion
Area: 36 hectares
Soil type: Moderate permeability
Water source: River diversion and reuse system
Production: Significant increase
Stock numbers: Tripled
Project cost: $138,314
Incentives rebate: $12,472
Project cost per hectare: $3,842
Automated: Remotely operated
Manual labour: Significantly reduced
The Farm
Alex and Olivia McArthur from Waverly Pastoral operate a dairy farm in Maffra. They milk […]
Agriculture Victoria is running a series of free workshops as part of the Plan2Farm project that will help participants make tactical decisions around dry seasonal conditions and the upcoming autumn, winter and spring growing period.
Agriculture Victoria Senior Irrigation Officer, Rob O’Connor, said the cross-industry workshops will provide the latest information […]
