Weekly Irrigation Requirements – Macalister Irrigation District
Topic: smarter irrigation
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
What is Potential Evaporanspiration?
Potential evapotranspiration is calculated from a number of other […]
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 the latest information in drip irrigation management.
DRIP IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
Topics covered are:
Drip system specifications – understanding designs and specification sheets
Drip system monitoring – measuring pressures and […]
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 the latest information in drip irrigation management.
DRIP IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
Topics covered are:
Drip system specifications – understanding designs and specification sheets
Drip system monitoring – measuring pressures and […]
Variable speed drives — an energy saving option for irrigated horticulture
A variable speed drive (VSD) is used to adjust a pump’s flow or pressure to the field requirements (actual demand). Adopting VSDs in irrigation was historically for operational reasons such as providing constant pressure outputs, ‘soft starts’, or reducing pump wear. More recently, as energy prices continue to rise, the […]
Managing horticultural crops with less water
Irrigators may be faced with reduced water allocations at some stage in the future. In this situation a range of decisions may need to be made including:
the purchase of additional water (at a likely elevated value);
prioritise water onto preferred patches;
giving other patches reduced volumes with consequent reductions […]
Smarter Irrigation Field Day
The Agriculture Victoria Smarter Irrigation Field Day is on this Thursday at the Macalister Demonstration Farm: Boggy Creek Road, Riverslea.
Come along from 11am to 1:30pm to hear about soil moisture monitoring, automation, and drainage. For more information contact alexis.c.killoran@ecodev.vic.gov.au
