Talking Water - Tuesday 14 January 2025

This week's contents

Operations

Water delivery performance
Talking Water data

Business

Irrigation Innovation Farm Tour - EOI closing soon
Staff in Focus - On-call Firefighter Bernie Thomson

Industry

Irrigation Field Walk & Hyper Profitable Crops Discussion
Online Soil Carbon Course

Operational Update

Water delivery performance 06/01/2025 - 12/01/2025

Talking Water data 14/01/2025

All the detailed data for Murray Irrigation allocations, delivery, channel flow and Water Exchange temporary trade is available on our company web page below.

Click here to view delivery, channel flows and temporary trade data

To see the latest data for Murray system storages and rivers, including dam heights, visit the Murray Darling Basin Authority's River data page.

Click here to view MDBA storage, dam heights and river data

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 Update

Irrigation Innovation Farm Tour – EOI closing soon

Thank you to everyone who has responded to last week's Expression of interest (EOI) for Murray Irrigation's Irrigation Innovation Farm Tour, which is set to take place on Thursday, 13 February.

We are pleased to report there has been a positive level of interest in this pilot initiative, with seats filling up fast.

There are limited places available, so for those keen to participate who are yet to register their interest, please do so before the EOI closes at midnight this Sunday, 19 January.

You can register your interest by clicking the link below.

More information on Murray Irrigation's Irrigation Innovation Farm Tour is available on our webpage below.

Irrigation Innovation Farm Tour information

Staff in Focus - On-call Firefighter Bernie Thomson

Bernie Thomson serves as an On-call Firefighter with the Finley Fire & Rescue NSW team.

Murray Irrigation Water Scheduler, Bernie Thomson, has served as an On-call Firefighter with the Finley Fire & Rescue NSW unit for more than 20 years.

The long serving Murray Irrigation staff member appreciates the skills he has learned as a firefighter, not to mention the camaraderie that comes with it and the training he receives to understand the true impact of disaster situations.

The Finley brigade, together with neighbouring Jerilderie station, are campaigning to find new recruits and will be hosting information sessions in early February to give members of the community the opportunity to find out more about the crucial role of On-call Firefighters in the community.

For more details about these information sessions, and to read more about Bernie's experiences as an On-call Firefighter, read our article below.

Bernie embraces the joys and benefits of emergency work

Industry News

Irrigation Field Walk & Hyper Profitable Crops Discussion

This Grains Research & Development Corporation supported event is taking place on Friday 31 January at Barooga.

As part of the Field Walk, irrigators will see how early and later sown crops have progressed over early summer and discuss the following topics:

Summer cropping 2024-2025: What's working, what's not?
Vetch: Results from irrigated trial
An opportunity to learn from other farmers and agronomists about the key drivers of corn production.

The Hyper Profitable Crops Discussion Group will focus on the following topics:

Preparation for 2025 winter crop season
Pre-emergent weed control
How to achieve optimal crop establishment
Inputs – timing & potential rising costs
Setting goals for 2025: Linking production to profit.

Get your tickets here

Online Soil Carbon Course

Sign up for SoilQuests's online Growing Soil Carbon 101 course to discover the keys to growing soil carbon.

Participants will:

Gain a comprehensive agronomic and scientific understanding of soil carbon.
Get practical insights from farmers growing soil carbon in cropping and grazing.
Learn about the ins and outs of farm emissions, the tools to measure them and who can help.
Become familiar with the new carbon economy and its impact on agriculture.
Gain clarity on ACCU Carbon Farming projects and the Soil Carbon Method.

This course is for: