published - 14 May 2020 By James Paulet Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District 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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, Macalister Irrigation District, MID, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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 … Read More irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, NDVI, remote sensing, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 17 April 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: … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation, irrigation scheduling, north east, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, drip irrigation, horticulture, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, mallee irrigation, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, irrigation technology, smarter irrigation, SMM, soil moisture monitoring Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 5 March 2020 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 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 … Read More 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: … Read More Agriculture Victoria, CPLM, irrigation design, Macalister Irrigation District, smarter irrigation Farm Planning, Home, Irrigation Systems, Resources
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, ETo, evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, smarter irrigation Home, Irrigation Scheduling, Resources
published - 16 August 2018 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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, drip irrigation, horticulture, irrigation, irrigation design, Netafim Australia, smarter irrigation, Sunraysia, Sunraysia irrigation district
