Published - 5 December 2024 By Rob O'Connor Upcoming water availability update Thursday 5 December 2024 Upcoming water availability update Southern Basin The aim of this service is to reduce some of the uncertainty about upcoming irrigation water availability, to … Read More allocations, basin, inflow, irrigation, outlook, storage, water Irrigation Scheduling, Water Management
Published - 27 June 2024 By Sarah Killury Flood to spray conversions – saving time, water and nutrients On a large dairy farm in Denison, a farming family has spent years developing their irrigation system. Their goals were to improve water use efficiency and … Read More Agriculture Victoria, centre pivot, Gippsland, irrigation, Macalister Irrigation District Case studies
Published - 24 June 2024 By Brad Missen Tambo River Auction – Irrigation Development Guidelines ensure best practice irrigation In late 2022, winter-fill irrigation water was auctioned by Southern Rural Water (SRW) to landholders along the Tambo River. Each property that bought water triggered … Read More Agriculture Victoria, allocation, Gippsland, irrigation, irrigation development Case studies, Water Management
Published - 21 June 2024 By Alexis Killoranand Delivering an irrigation basics workshop to corporate dairy employees The Agriculture Victoria Irrigation team in Maffra, with assistance from the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA), developed and delivered an irrigation basics workshop to … Read More Agriculture Victoria, Gippsland, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID Case studies, Resources
Published - 15 August 2022 By Rob O'Connor Irrigation webinars cause a splash Agriculture Victoria’s recent irrigation webinar series saw over 1000 participants tune in to the online series in real time, with an additional 1500 views of … Read More Agriculture Victoria, irrigation, irrigation decisions, irrigation webinar series, water market, webinar Water Management
Published - 31 May 2022 By Rabi Maskey Improved web tool for irrigators and service providers Agriculture Victoria’s Irrigation team have revised and updated the Irrigation System Selection and Design Guidelines website which includes new information to better meet the needs … Read More Agriculture Victoria, centre pivot, CPLM, irrigation, irrigation design, irrigation technology, smarter irrigation, Whole Farm Plan Irrigation Systems
Published - 11 March 2022 By Sam Henty Interactive report: Irrigation water use on Victorian farms 2019-20 The number of irrigating agricultural businesses, how much irrigation water by commodities and where it was sourced for 2019-20 is now available in the interactive … Read More Agriculture Victoria, irrigation, victorian irrigation Water Management
Published - 21 December 2021 By Sandra Beasley & Rob O'Connor Goulburn inter-valley trade and Murray shortfall risks 7 December 2021 GOULBURN INTER-VALLEY TRADE New interim policy arrangements have been implemented for Goulburn inter-valley trade (IVT) during 2021-22. These new arrangements affect the over-all volume … Read More Agriculture Victoria, GMID, irrigation, irrigation webinar series, IVT, sMDB, water trade Water Management
Published - 24 November 2021 By Irrigation Energy Efficiency Webinar Learn how to improve the energy efficiency of your pressurised irrigation system in our next energy webinar. Irrigation assessments are one way farmers can use … Read More Agriculture Victoria, energy efficiency, energy farming, irrigation, irrigation efficiency, webinar Irrigation Systems
Published - 19 October 2021 By Liz Hamilton Have your say: Discussion of the Draft Central and Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy The discussion draft of the Central and Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy has been released today for two months public consultation. The media release can … Read More Agriculture Victoria, Gippsland, irrigation, water strategy Water Management
Published - 22 January 2021 By John Paulet & Pippa Auld Centre Pivot and Lateral Move Performance Check An underperforming centre pivot or lateral move (CPLM) irrigation system can be costly. Poor performance can occur throughout the system including in the pump, motor, … Read More Agriculture Victoria, centre pivot, CPLM, energy saving, farm design, head loss, irrigation, irrigation design, irrigation technology, lateral move irrigator, pumping efficiency, smarter irrigation, spray irrigation, system maintenance Irrigation Systems
Published - 9 November 2020 By Rob O'Connor Water Market 101: Situation and outlook in the sMDB September 2020 This is the first in a series of irrigation webinars by Agriculture Victoria. Listen to Craig Feuerherdt talk about the water market situation and how … Read More Agriculture Victoria, GMID, irrigation, irrigation decisions, seasonal conditions, seasonal outlook, sMDB Water Management