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Soil moisture monitoring in veg crops field day, Boisdale VIC
12.30pm-3pm AEST | Friday 6 May
Join VegNET Gippsland for presentations and a field walk at Farm Express Salads in Boisdale, which has played host to a demonstration of soil moisture monitoring technology over the summer growing season.
Come along to learn about soil moisture monitoring – the first stage of this demonstration project – and what to expect from the technology.
Project Reference Group members from the Growing Gippsland’s Drought Resilience with Technology and Better Soil project will also present a regional context and other extension opportunities available to growers to improve irrigation.
Speakers include technology expert, Marek Matuszek and host grower Walter Chadwick.
Topics include:
- Adopting soil moisture monitoring and getting the best out of it for your water use and soils
- How can data add value to your production
- Agriculture Victoria and WGCMA’s Sustainable Irrigation Program, and
- Other irrigation support services available to the vegetable industry
A light lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Bonnie by Wednesday 4 May on 0407 683 938 or at bonnie.dawson@foodandfibregippsland.com.au.
The ‘Growing Gippsland’s Drought Resilience with Technology and Better Soil’ project is supported by Food & Fibre Gippsland, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.