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Published - 26 October 2020
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: …
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Published - 22 October 2020
By James Paulet

Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District (Gippsland)

MID ETo Update
15-21 October 2020
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Flood irrigation interval for the last week was 13 days
Spray irrigation amount was 19 mm of irrigation water for the last week
The predicted weekly pasture water …
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Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID, smarter irrigation

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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 …
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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 …
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Agriculture Victoria, drip irrigation, horticulture, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, mallee irrigation, smarter irrigation

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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 …
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Published - 5 March 2020
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Agricultural technology: pushing your water further

Ag tech Pushing your water Flier 2020

Agriculture Victoria, ICC, irrigated cropping council, irrigation decisions, irrigation design, irrigation technology, smarter irrigation, SMM, soil moisture monitoring

Published - 4 July 2019
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Centre Pivot/Lateral Move 2 day training course

Centre pivots and lateral moves (CPLM) have the potential to offer greater control and flexibility of irrigation management. Growers are seeing the many possible advantages …
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Agriculture Victoria, centre pivot, CPLM, irrigation design, irrigation technology, lateral move irrigator, Plan2Farm, smarter irrigation

Published - 8 February 2019
By Alexis Killoran

Upgrading to spray irrigation in the Macalister ID

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: …
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Agriculture Victoria, CPLM, irrigation design, Macalister Irrigation District, smarter irrigation

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Published - 29 November 2018
By Rob O'Connor

What to know about Evapotranspiration and how to use it to schedule irrigations

Evapotranspiration provides a relatively objective and reliable estimate of the water requirements of actively growing plants in a farm situation. Evapotranspiration information can be used …
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Published - 16 August 2018
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Advanced Drip Irrigation course

ADVANCED DRIP IRRIGATION COURSES
Agriculture Victoria in conjunction with Netafim Australia, will be running the following half day workshops for irrigators who are looking to receive …
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