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

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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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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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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Surface irrigation

Discover information and content around surface irrigation technologies and innovations

Case Study

Investing in satellite technology to save irrigation water on a large-scale farm in northern Victoria

Increased precision for irrigation duration and scheduling by using satellite technology and sensors was tested on perennial ...

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Case Study

Investing in satellite technology to manage irrigation in northern Victoria

Satellite technology combined with sensors provides increased precision for irrigation duration and scheduling. The profitabi...

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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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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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Maximising water efficiency through better irrigation scheduling for the entire farm

Rob O'Connor from Agriculture Victoria talks about the value of using Evapotranspiration as a measure to base irrigation sche...

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Markus Lang’s Agriculture Victoria Trial Farm Update

Markus Lang is one of the trial farms which are part of the SIP2 Agriculture Victoria project. As a result of the project Mar...

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Simple Approach to Managing Water on Farm

Andy McAllister from Agriculture Victoria talks about a simple approach to farm scale irrigation without significant investme...

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Northern Victoria Trial Farm Update with Mark Gardiner

Mark Gardner is one of the dairy farmers in northern Vic. working with the team from Agriculture Victoria in the SIP2 project...

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SIP2 Dairy Farm Update with Nick Ryan

Nick Ryan has been working with the team at Agriculture Victoria and is confident that the system they have developed works. ...

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Scaling irrigation management for whole farm operations with Agriculture Victoria

Amjed Hussain from Agriculture Victoria talks about taking the guess work out of irrigation using simple technology. It is a ...

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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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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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