Discusses irrigation in Australia in the context of global food security, decreasing water resources and the contribution of research and development to innovation.

In this issue: Investigating the Salt of the Earth; Digging deep and the quest for super soils; Linking irrigator experience with measured data

Extensive work on soil structure by researcher Dr Bruce Cockroft from Northern Victoria has brought the maintenance of soil structure into the spotlight as a promising area for irrigators to work on to improve their y

The Wetting Front Detector (WFD) is a new tool to help measure how deeply water has penetrated into the soil after an irrigation event.

This bulletin describes the results of a modelling study of evaporation from farm dams and a 'ready reckoner' in the form of a spreadsheet that: Calculates the cost of installing an evaporation reduction sys