Webinar

Automated Broadacre Irrigation Optimisation Presentation at the Australian Cotton Conference

Joseph Foley from the University of Southern Qld presents on Automated broadacre irrigation optimisation.

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Final Report

RRDP 2013 Improved irrigation and system selection – Sugar

Final Report. RRDP 2013 Improved irrigation and system selection - Sugar. University of Southern Queensland

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Case Study

Measuring input efficiency benefits from automation in sugarcane

Conversions to automated furrow irrigation in sugarcane can provide increased returns on both crop and water Gross Margins by...

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Case Study

Variable Rate Irrigation and VARIwise in centre pivot dairy production

VRI and VARIwise technology allows more accurate irrigation scheduling and has been shown to increase pasture production by u...

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University of Southern Queensland

Content researched in whole or in part by University of Southern Queensland

Video

Optimisation of Siphon-less tail water back design in 2021-2022

This CottonInfo video provides an overall summary and wrap-up of the 2021/22 season trial that looked at the efficiency of th...

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Video

SISCOweb: Cruise Control for Surface Irrigation Part 3: Practical Applications and Cost

In Part 3 Joseph Foley and Malcolm Gillies discuss how SISCOweb could be used on farm. It is not practical to monitor every f...

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Video

SISCOweb: Cruise Control for Surface Irrigation Part 2: Optimising the Irrigation Event

In Part 2 Malcolm Gillies and Joseph Foley from the University of Southern Qld discuss Optimising Irrigation Events. In an op...

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SISCOweb: Cruise Control for Surface Irrigation Part 1: Tools and Technologies

SISCOweb is a surface irrigation optimisation model developed by Malcolm Gillies from the University of Southern Qld. In this...

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Video

SIP2 CottonInfo Optimised Tailwater backup

This season SIP2 has worked with USQ, Padman Stops, GVIA and CottonInfo to collect detailed information on irrigation perfo...

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Video

IrriPasture: A free irrigation scheduling tool for dairy farmers

IrriPasture: An easy to use, free platform that uses local weather data to enhance water budgets and irrigation scheduling de...

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Fact Sheet

SIP2 CottonInfo Optimised Tailwater backup Field day booklet

This season SIP2 has worked with USQ, Padman Stops, GVIA and CottonInfo to collect detailed information on irrigation perform...

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Podcast

St George Siphon-less tailwater backup podcast

SIP2 are working with CottonInfo, University of Southern Qld, GVIA, Glenn Lyon, Padman Stops and St George Cotton Growers Cra...

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Case Study

GVIA Application of digital technologies for automated irrigation field day booklet

The February 2021 field day brought together producers, researchers and industry partners to hear about the latest research a...

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Case Study

Review of Existing and Planned Broadacre Irrigation Research, Development and Extension SIP2- Desktop Study 27 June 2021

Review of current and future broadacre irrigation RD&E needs

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Podcast

Irrigation Automation with Dr Alison McCarthy

Dr Alison McCarthy from University Southern Qld talks about her projects in Dairy and Cotton where she has developed the VARI...

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Video

Malcolm Gillies and Joseph Foley from USQ talk about SISCO at the GVIA SIP2 Field day

The GVIA Field day in February provided an opportunity for producers and consultants to hear about several of the SIP2 projec...

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