Talking Water - Tuesday 26 March, 2024

This week's contents

Murray Irrigation General Meeting

• General Meeting updates

Operations

• Water order and Daylight Saving
• Operations to continue as normal over Easter
• Casual usage charges
• 2024 Winter Maintenance Zones
• ICT modernisation
• Water Delivery Performance
• Talking Water data

Business

• WaterWell, Canal Agreement and DEs - The numbers explained

Industry

• Fungicide Resistance Webinar
• GRDC Grains Research Online Update - Pre Sowing
• On Farm Connectivity Program



Murray Irrigation General Meeting - 10 April 2024

Murray Irrigation's General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 April at the Deniliquin RSL, commencing at 10.00am.

This General Meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting, which will enable shareholders to participate either in person or online. 
 
Shareholders who are not attending the General Meeting can cast their votes early and confidentially either via post or electronically. 

Shareholders must be financial by 10.00am on Sunday 7 April to be eligible vote. Check here for more information. 

How and when can I cast my vote?
 
Eligible shareholders can vote:

1. Confidentially online from next Wednesday, 3 April 2024.
2. Via post (postal voting is already open).
3. In person or online at the meeting on Wednesday, 10 April 2024.
4. By appointing a proxy to vote on your behalf. 

Read our 'How to vote' Shareholder Update for more information.
 
Finding the latest General Meeting information 

To stay up to date with the latest General Meeting information, including the Notice of Meeting and statements from all Directors, visit: www.murrayirrigation.com.au/general-meeting 

The Fact Checker webpage has been updated with new information to address claims made in last week's media. 

Director contact details

If you would like to speak with any Murray Irrigation Directors about the General Meeting, you can find their contact details on the above mentioned General Meeting webpage, or as listed below: 

Phil Snowden

Chair

0427 839 217

Lachlan Marshall

Deputy Chair

0419 667 053

Brendan Barry

Shareholder Director

0427 519 481

Steven Fawns

Shareholder Director

0428 303 316

Troy Mauger

Shareholder Director

0417 375 168

Robert Burbury

Independent Director

0418 130 848

Trisha Gorman

Independent Director

0439 530 469

Water orders and Daylight Saving

Daylight Saving ends on Sunday, 7 April. For customers placing water orders that end after this date, the water ordering system will automatically reduce your order by an hour to the normal finish time to enable lodgement.

Our Customer Operations staff will manually adjust all orders ending after 7 April to the correct finish time for the channel system.

For more information or assistance with orders, call Customer Operations on 1300 138 265.

Operations to continue as normal over Easter 

Our water delivery, maintenance, and phone support services, which run from 6.30am to 6.30pm, seven days a week, will be operating as normal over Easter. 

For emergencies and water delivery problems after 6.30pm, call our emergency number on 1300 657 313. 

2024 Winter Maintenance Zones

The areas in green on the above map (or view via our website) will be drained as part of our Maintenance Strategy.

You can view the maintenance year for each of your outlets on the 'My Outlets' page of your Customer Portal.

ICT Modernisation

As mentioned in previous editions of Talking Water, Murray Irrigation is in the process of identifying priority needs to bring our technology into the 21st century. 

This week Jayne Crompton, Customer Service Team Leader, describes some of the improvements the project aims to make to our Water Exchange platform to make it more user friendly for customers. 

Water Delivery Performance 18/03/2024 - 24/03/2024 

Talking Water data 26/03/2024

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. 

Waterwell, Canal Agreement and DEs: The numbers explained 

Murray Irrigation has developed a practical chart that illustrates the value of the Canal Agreement to shareholders, customers and the company.

This graphic also clarifies the benefit the Canal Agreement and Environmental Agreement brings to WaterWell and Delivery Entitlement fees. 

For more information, or to ask any questions, please call our Customer Support Team on 1300 138 265 or email: customersupport@murrayirrigation.com.au

Industry News

Fungicide Resistance Update webinar

Need an update on current fungicide resistance status? Join this free AFREN webinar on Thursday 4 April and receive advice and ideas on best-practice disease management and resistance risks on your farm.

Dr Hari Dadu (research scientist, Agriculture Victoria) and Dr Tara Garrard (Sub-Program Leader Cereal Pathology, SARDI) will provide an update on monitoring of net and spot form net blotch resistance to fungicides.

Fungicide resistance in net blotch is widespread and it varies a lot. Variety choice is key to balancing a healthy disease management strategy, and Hari and Tara will outline strategies for growers to consider to minimise resistance risks.

This one-hour webinar commences at 1.00pm. 

GRDC Grains Research Online Update - Pre Sowing

This free one-hour lunchtime livestream, which is being held on Monday 11 April from1.00pm, will explore pre sowing tactics. 

A live question and answer session will be included.

Harvester technician Brett Asphar will look at strategies for aircart set up and the fundamentals of seeder bar function, while Ash Wallace from Agriculture Victoria will share some early results from NGN inspired trial work to understand interactions between stubble loads, seeding systems and canola establishment. 

On Farm Connectivity Program

The On Farm Connectivity Program provides eligible Equipment Suppliers with up to $30,000 rebate for sales of digital farming technology to eligible Primary Producers to help improve their connectivity and productivity. 

Some of the eligible items are: 

• Connectivity Equipment:
• Antennas
• Radio Transmitters
• Boosters
• Environmental Monitoring
• Soil Moisture Probes
• Weather Monitors
• Plant growth monitors
• Water flow, pressure and quality monitors
• Farm Management
• Cameras
• Asset Trackers
• Battery monitors
• Silo and storage monitors
• Livestock monitoring systems

To determine your eligibility, head to www.orm.com.au/resource-toolkit/connectivity_grant/ or apply by 31 Mary 2024 through business.gov.au (as per below).