Dr Amjed Hussain talks scaling irrigation management to support whole farm operations

Dr Amjed Hussain from Agriculture Victoria talks about the Smarter Irrigation for Profit phase 2 sub project ‘Scaling irrigation management to support whole farm operations’. This research is working to develop a whole-of-farm scale gravity fed irrigation management system with the aim of increasing on farm water use efficiency. Irrigation scheduling tools can support farmers make better irrigation and grazing management decisions boosting farm profit. To increase the use of these tools they must work at the farm level and deliver clear benefits to businesses. This requires benchmarks to understand the yield gap and whole of farm approaches for water management. Testing irrigation scheduling tools on a whole farm basis in the project will be invaluable for producers who are striving to apply irrigation scheduling tools more broadly across their farms.