Agriculture recovery courses

Irrigation Decisions Support Tool

Irrigation management tool in vineyardThis irrigation decision support tool has been developed to provide Victorian farmers with key information about how to use an existing irrigation management tool (IrriSAT) to help them improve irrigation efficiencies and better prepare and respond to dry seasonal conditions. Topics include:

  • What is IrriSAT?
  • Satellite technology
  • Spectral signature
  • Measuring plant health
  • Crop variation
  • Linking NDVI and evapotranspiration
  • Crop coefficient plant health
  • Calculating crop water use
  • Using IrriSAT

This course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

View the Irrigation Decisions Support Tool online course

Stock Containment Areas

Sheep in a stock containment areaThis Stock Containment Areas short course provides Victorian farmers with key information to help them better prepare and respond to dry seasonal conditions and other emergencies before critical decisions need to be made.

Topics include:

  • What is a stock containment area?
  • Why use a stock containment area?
  • Other uses of a stock containment area
  • Are you up for the task?
  • Site selection
  • Design
  • Water
  • Feeding
  • Shade and shelter
  • Management

This course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

View the Stock Containment Areas online course

Managing Soils and Groundcover

Stubble providing groundcoverSoil is essential to productive and sustainable farming practices. Soil loss can have negative consequences. Factors such as soil type; climate, rainfall and wind; land management and vegetation cover and stock management all impact the potential for erosion.

This managing soils and groundcover course provides key information to help Victorian farmers to better prepare and respond to dry seasonal conditions and other emergencies before critical decisions need to be made.

View Managing Soils and Groundcover online course

Further information

For help with the Agriculture Victoria Learning Management System please contact learning@agriculture.vic.gov.au

Page last updated: 02 Aug 2021