Fact Sheet

Irrigation Tools and Technologies

Irrigation Tools and technologies is an introductory guide to provide a starting point for irrigators looking to improve or i...

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Webinar

Scheduling Irrigations with Limited Water – Australian Cotton Conference

Chris Nunn from CSIRO talks about scheduling irrigations with limited water using canopy temperature sensors.

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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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Webinar

Smart Sensing and Automation – A Cruise Control System for Irrigation

John Hornbuckle from Deakin University presenting at the Australian Cotton Conference on Smart Sensing of automation

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Tools and Sensors for Irrigation

Discover information and content around various tools and sensor technologies and innovations for irrigation

Webinar

Grower-led Optimisation and Automation presentation Australian Cotton Conference

Lou Gall from the GVIA talks about the Grower-led commercial research associated with SIP2.

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Video

Soil moisture deficits & plant available soil water

Understanding soil moisture and the access plants have to that moisture is important to support irrigation decision making. I...

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Video

C21 SunRice Grower of the year working with SIP2 researchers

In August 2021 Rice Extension announced Darrell Fiddler, farm manager at De Bortoli Wines near Griffith at the C21 SunRice Gr...

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Podcast

Bega dairy farmer Will Russell: making every drop count

Bega dairy farmer Will Russell: Irrigation technologies to get more pasture per megalitre.

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Video

Dairy farmer Michael Twomey – irrigating smarter

Tools and techniques to get the most out of your pasture irrigation.

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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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Fact Sheet

Automated irrigation and successful aerobic rice production

Reducing or eliminating the period of permanent flooding of a rice crop by flush irrigating can substantially reduce rice wat...

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Video

Double Cropping in a Rice System

Alex Schultz, Russel Ford and Paul Bramley talk about the benefits of double cropping in rice systems. Double cropping is an ...

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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

Economic case study – Integrated smart sensing and automation for cotton bankless channel irrigation

This case study analyses the application of smart sensing and automation in an example bankless channel cotton irrigation sys...

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Case Study

Smart Irrigation control in rice growing systems – Economic case study

This case study analyses the application of smart sensing and automation in an example bankless channel rice irrigation syste...

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