Talking Water - Tuesday 13 August, 2024
Shareholder meeting dates announced
Murray Irrigation will be hosting a number of shareholder meetings from 16 to 27 September, to understand shareholder sentiment around the recent water buyback legislation and how we can work together to minimise the impact on Murray Irrigation, customers and the local community going forward.
To ensure Murray Irrigation is accessible to as many shareholders as possible, there will be two teams of Directors supported by members of the executive team running concurrent meetings throughout this time frame.
Specific details, including times, locations of meetings and how you can attend will be provided later this month.
This week's contents
Operations
- Sustainability Product
- Apply to remove Deemed Usage
- Flow Shares, restrictions and irrigation intentions
- Talking Water data
Business
- Business Award win
- Winter Works wraps up
- Director Spotlight: Trisha Gorman
- Flanno for a Farmer fundraiser
- Shareholder Update: Meeting with SRI and LHAs
Industry
- Milking Mastitis Management Fundamentals
- Future-Fit farming industry event
Operational Update
Sustainability Product
Murray Irrigation’s Sustainability Product EOI closed at 5.00pm yesterday, 12 August.
The product was oversubscribed, and pro rata offers based on Delivery Entitlements will be available on the Customer Portal this afternoon, Tuesday 13 August.
An SMS notification will be sent to customers who have applied when offers are available to accept.
More information on Murray Irrigation's WaterWell suite of products, including the Sustainability Product, is available on our webpage below.
Apply to remove Deemed Usage
If you are not planning to use your Stock & Domestic pipe outlet this season, you can apply to remove the 2 ML of usage.
A fee of $72.53 is payable.
You can find the application form on our website, or download a copy below.
Forms must be submitted before close of business on Friday 27 September 2024.
Flow Shares, restriction and irrigation intentions
Calls to customers to understand their Summer irrigation intentions will commence shortly.
Irrigation intentions collected from customers provide critical operational intelligence to help us prioritise and plan maintenance activities as well as identify potential restriction points. This enables us to work with affected customers to manage demand ahead of time and avoid limiting orders where possible. Affected customers should expect a phone call from members of our Customer Experience Team over the coming weeks.
In the meantime, our Customer Engagement Team will be out over the coming months engaging with customers in high demand areas on how they can best manage potential flow restrictions.
If you think you may be impacted by flow restrictions this season and wish to discuss further, please contact our Customer Experience Team on 1300 138 265. Or for more information check out the fact sheet below.
Talking Water data 13/08/2024
All the detailed data for Murray Irrigation allocations, delivery, channel flow and Water Exchange temporary trade is available on our company web page below.
To see the latest data for Murray system storages and rivers, visit the Murray Darling Basin Authority's River data page.
Additional resources
MDBA weekly report
NSW Water allocation statements
Rainfall and evaporation
Barmah Choke trade balance
The information and data provided in Talking Water is for general reference purposes only. We take best endeavours to ensure accuracy.
Business News
Murray irrigation wins local Employer of Choice Award
Murray Irrigation staff Ron McCalman, Andy Amor, Nicole Young, Tessa Chartres, Anthony Myatt and Michael Pisasale are pictured with award presenter Iain Goodway (third from right) at Friday night's Business Awards.
Murray Irrigation is honoured to have received the Employer of Choice Award (21 Employees and over) at Friday night's Deniliquin Business Excellence Awards.
We are also thrilled to see Business Development General Manager, Tessa Chartres, named joint winner of the Outstanding Young Business Leader Award.
Thank you to the Deniliquin Business Chamber for hosting this fantastic awards night, which celebrates everything that is great about our local business community.
Congratulations also to all the finalists and award winners.
2024 Winter Works program complete
Murray Irrigation has wrapped up our 2024 Winter Works program, completing approximately $8 million in improvement and maintenance works across our water delivery network ahead of the irrigation season.
Staff and contractors have clocked up thousands of hours over the past three months to deliver this year's program.
You can read more in our media release below.
Director Spotlight
In this final instalment of our Director Spotlight series, Trisha Gorman discusses family, career, what she enjoys most about being a Murray Irrigation Board Director, and why she is excited to be a part of the company's next chapter.
Flanno for a Farmer fundraiser
Murray Irrigation is throwing our support behind 'Flanno for a Farmer' to help raise funds for a cause that is close to our hearts.
Staff will be donning their favourite flannelette shirts on Friday 23 August, in a bid to raise $500 towards Farm Angels, which this year is aiming to get one million Aussies wearing a flanno to raise much-needed funds to support farmers impacted by natural disasters, mental wellbeing issues, and the rising costs of primary production.
If you'd like to support our fundraising goals, or find out more about this campaign, please click on the button below.
Shareholder Update - Meeting with SRI and LHAs
Murray Irrigation hosted a meeting with representatives from Southern Riverina Irrigators (SRI) and Local Landholder Associations (LHAs) on Tuesday 6 August.
The meeting covered a range of topics, as outlined in the below Shareholder Update.
Industry News
Milking Mastitis Management Fundamentals - Blighty
Mastitis and milk quality affect the bottom line of all dairy farms, with Dairy Australia estimating that every case of clinical mastitis costs around $450 in treatment costs and lost milk.
Milking Mastitis Management is a free two-day training course designed by Dairy Australia and delivered by Countdown trained experts in mastitis and milk quality (replacing Cups on Cups off).
Where and when
Day 1 is classroom based, covering best practice in milk harvesting, with the emphasis on the detection, treatment and prevention of clinical mastitis along with the importance of good stockmanship.
This session is taking place on Wednesday 28 August at Blighty Hotel, and runs from 9.45am to 2.45am
Day 2 covers the whole of the milking process including teat hygiene and disinfection, plant maintenance along with dairy hygiene and plant washing. The course is suitable for anyone on a dairy farm who milks cows - from farm owners, managers and sharefarmers - to family members and farm employees.
This session is taking place on Thursday 29 August at the Blighty Hotel, and runs from 9.45am to 2.30pm
Head over to Dairy Australia's Events page to learn more about this training program and to book your tickets.
Future-Fit Farming - More than a conference
The 2024 Digital Agrifood Summit: Future-Fit Farming is being held at Wagga Wagga's Charles Sturt University on 29 and 30 October.
Prepare for an immersive experience that will look at the farm of the future and find out about the technology that promises to solve agrifood's big challenges.
Delivering a two-day program rich with agtech demonstrations, engaging presentations, and networking opportunities, the Summit has quickly established into a must-attend event for industry, producers, and government alike.
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