Irrigation Farmers Network

20/10/2026

Our new Loddon Murray Irrigation Region Irrigation Drainage Toolkit is a key resource for Torrumbarry and Loddon Valley landholders wanting to know how to effectively manage on-farm irrigation drainage.

Details below

05/10/2026

🌱 More members. Stronger research. Better outcomes for irrigation farmers.

Join the Irrigation Farmers Network for just $1 and enjoy full membership benefits for six months from the date you join.

Explore our research, trial results, data and services, and discover how IFN can support your farming decisions.

As a membership-based organisation, our strength comes from the people behind us. A strong membership helps demonstrate the value of our work when we apply for funding—supporting the continuation of practical research and extension for irrigation farmers.

To our existing members: thank you. Your ongoing support makes this work possible. This introductory offer invites more people into the network you have helped build, strengthening IFN for everyone.

📍 Visiting Elmore Field Days?
Find us at Hodgco, site 1356, in the south-eastern corner of the field day site. Come and pick up information and join our network. Get in early and you may even score an IFN coffee keep cup or drink bottle, while stocks last!

Join by 31 December 2026 to access the $1 introductory offer. Your six months starts when you join. After that, the standard membership fee of $150 applies. If IFN isn’t for you, cancel at any time within the introductory six months before the full fee applies.

Your membership matters. Help grow the network that supports irrigation farming. ADAMA Australia Pioneer Seeds - Australia Schedule-it Water Partners Pacific Seeds Australia Australian Grain Technologies FarmConnect Rubicon Water Eagle i Machinery Grains Research & Development Corporation

30/09/2026

Thanks to the Country News for covering our Spring Trials Field Day in Kerang. Thanks again to everyone who came along, the seed reps who presented, and our sponsors and members. 🌟 Schedule-it Grains Research & Development Corporation University of Sydney (USYD) Pioneer Seeds - Australia Australian Grain Technologies Nufarm Seeds - AU BASF Agricultural Solutions US AGF Seeds Cover Crops Farm Trade Australia Intergrain Swan Hill Hire FarmConnect CSIRO UNIT University of Melbourne Official Charles Sturt University Rubicon Water McPherson Media Water Partners Pacific Seeds Australia RAGT Australia ADAMA Australia Nutrien Ag Solutions - Australia AGnVET RURAL

21/09/2026

Beautiful weather, good conversation, and great feedback from the growers around Wakool/Tullakool region on what they'd like to see in upcoming trials in the region. BBQ and beers didn't hurt either!
Thank you for the support from Riverina Sustainable LWMP for funding the variety trial and Murray LLS for hosting the day.

17/09/2026

There was strong turnout at today’s Spring Trials Field Day at Kerang, which demonstrates the value farmers and industry place on independent, locally relevant research.

Farmers, industry representatives, IFN members, sponsors and non-members travelled from across the region to inspect the winter crop and faba bean trials and hear directly from researchers and seed industry representatives.

Thanks to reps from Schedule-It RAGT AU University of Sydney Pioneer Seeds - Australia Australian Grain Technologies Nufarm Seeds Australia BASF Agricultural Solutions Grains Research and Development Corporation AGF Seeds Farm Trade Australia InterGrain Cereal Breeding for coming along to share their knowledge and insights and answer questions about their varieties. Thanks also to Swan Hill Hire & Lions Club of Kerang

16/09/2026

Nearly ready for tomorrow! Come to our Spring Research Field Day to check out our trials and discuss this season's challenges in irrigated cropping.

09/09/2026

SPRING RESEARCH FIELD DAY - SEPT 17 - KERANG
Register now at:
https://irrigationfn.com.au/ifn-events/winter-trials-field-day-2026/ Lunch provided. Thanks to Country News for this great article.

09/09/2026

IFN and our wonderful sponsors present the Spring Research Field Day - September 17 - Come along to hear about trials in wheat, canola, barley and oats in the morning, and a session on pulses (faba beans) in the afternoon. $e

Visit the IFN website for details and tickets. 🎟️ MEMBERS GET FREE ENTRY - so it's a great time to join IFN, if you are not already a member.

Visit irrigationfn.com.au for for all the details you need on the field day and becoming a member.

Thanks to Country News for this great article.

https://www.countrynews.com.au/news/irrigation-research-field-day-set-for-kerang/

IFN spring research field day will be held Thursday, September 17.

07/09/2026

This Friday at 2pm, join us in Tullakool to talk about irrigation and soil constraints.
Free event with afternoon tea provided.

02/09/2026

Southern Growers inc are hosting their Spring Field Day on September 16 in Finley. Need a ride from the Kerang/Barham area? Damian is heading over and has a few spare seats. Just send us a message at [email protected]