Wednesday, 13 May 2026 Weekly Irrigation Requirements Northern Victoria Hello Irrigators, This is our final update for the 2025–26 irrigation season, wrapping up with forecast rain expected across the GMID over the weekend and into next week. Thank you for your ongoing support throughout the season. We look forward to reconnecting in August [...]
We are inviting irrigation businesses to showcase their products, services and latest technologies at the Gippsland Irrigation Expo this year. The Gippsland Irrigation Expo will return to the Sale Showgrounds on Wednesday 20 May 2026. The last event in 2020 attracted more than 500 visitors and this year’s Expo promises [...]
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 (ET) tools and services available to irrigators and shares results and learnings from using soil moisture monitoring equipment for more informed irrigation decision making. [...]
The Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Jaclyn Symes recently announced that the amount available for the On-Farm Drought Resilience Grant Program has increased from $5,000 to $10,000. Farmers can access up to $5,000, with 50 per cent co-contribution, for drought infrastructure investments and up to $5,000 for farm business planning activities. [...]
Tension measuring devices provide information about water availability in the soil. Soil tension can be used by irrigators to better plan when to irrigate in order to optimise plant performance and water productivity. Scheduling Irrigation with Tension Tension measures how tightly the water is held in the soil. It is generally [...]
As part of the Accelerating Change project in Northern Victoria, various soil moisture monitoring (SMM) devices were used over the last 3 years under surface irrigated pasture and other forages on farm to assist with improved irrigation timing. Key learnings SMM provides objective and useful information for irrigation scheduling and [...]
Are you planning to make a change to your irrigation system or are you new to irrigation in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District? The Irrigation in Northern Victoria booklet is now available to read online. This new booklet outlines the key things you should consider when selecting an efficient irrigation system and meet your planning approval obligations. The booklet also provides a great overview of the whole farm planning and approvals process, incentives, irrigation [...]
Soil Moisture Monitoring (SMM) devices provide information about the water status of soil. This information can be used to help you achieve top yields and maximise productivity from your water by being better able to plan when to irrigate and apply the right amount of water. SMM devices provide an [...]
Ag tech Pushing your water Flier 2020
SJDC Produce director Domenic Sergi said the irrigation efficiency incentive program through the Mallee CMA allowed them to "improve our farm infrastructure", and "help bring our systems to modern standard, to best practice". With financial assistance from the incentive program and training through Agriculture Victoria they were able interpret soil [...]
