Talking Water - Tuesday 14 October 2025
This week's contents
Operations
- Fees and prices update
- Talking Water data
Business
- Aquatic weed management trial
Industry
- NSW Murray Valley Floodplain Management Plan - Second Round of Public Consultation
- AWI reproductive performance workshop - Boorooban
- DPI Commodity Report
- Berriquin Irrigators Council AGM
Operational Update
Fees and prices update
As communicated via Customer Update last Friday 10 October, Murray Irrigation has revised our Fees & Prices Annexure A in line with the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation Rural Bulk Water price.
You can read the full update here.
More information on Murray Irrigation’s fees and prices can be found below.
Talking Water data 14/10/2025
All the detailed data for Murray Irrigation delivery, channel flow, Water Exchange temporary trade and DCCEEW water allocations is available on our company web page below.
To see the latest data for Murray system storages and rivers, including dam heights, 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.
Business News
Weed management trial
MIL staff hosted a field day at our Finley office recently to showcase the results from our Winter trial of a new chemical for controlling aquatic weeds, called 'Fluenta'.
The field day was run by agricultural science and technology company Macspred/Syngenta. Attendees to the event included representatives from Sumitomo, Goulburn-Murray Water, Murrumbidgee Irrigation and MIL.
The results of the trial are tracking well to date, as the below before and after photos indicate.
Weed regrowth will continue to be monitored over the coming months to assess the kill on the rhizomes (bulbs) in the channel bed.
Note: Fluenta is currently being used under permit from the APVMA, which is the Australian Government regulator of agricultural and veterinary chemical products.
This photo was taken at Finley 5A2 in May - just two weeks after the Fluenta treatment.
This photo was taken at Finley 5A2 in October - five months after the Fluenta treatment.
Industry News
NSW Murray Valley Floodplain Management Plan – Second Round of Public Consultation
This Flood Management Plan (FMP) is currently open for a second round of public consultation.
In this round, DCCEEW-NSW is seeking feedback on a full draft of the plan; including proposed management zones, and rules/assessment criteria for granting or amending flood work approvals.
Submissions close on 16 November 2025, and there is also the option of booking one-on-one appointments. You can read the draft FMP, book an appointment, and find out more via the button below.
Australian Wool Innovation reproductive performance workshop - Booroorban
The half day AWI Repro Masterclass™ focuses on improving reproductive performance and important management practices throughout the annual ewe reproductive cycle.
Date: Thursday, 6 November
Time: 7:15 am – 8:00 am – Registration and breakfast
8:00 am – 12:00 pm – AWI Repro Masterclass
Location: 2775 Booroorban-Tchelery Rd, Booroorban
Presenter: Dr Jason Trompf, JT AgriSource
Cost: $50 per person
This workshop covers:Latest research and publications
- Essential sources of information
- Balancing all the priorities
- Optimising performance in:
- Ram health and performance
- Conception rates
- Managing weaners to first joining
- Joining ewe lambs
- Making scanning work for you
- Getting live lambs on the ground
- Managing twins and triplets
- Year-on-year improvement
- Key timing and actions for repro success
- Where to next?
Breakfast, morning tea and resources are included. Registrations are essential.
- Early bird registrations close 5:00 pm Friday, 17 October.
- Final event registrations close 5:00 pm Thursday, 30 October 2025
Early birds will go in the draw to win one of two, one-hour one-on-one coaching sessions with Jason Trompf.
Please contact the AWI Extension NSW Team at awiextensionnsw@wool.com if you have any questions regarding this workshop.
DPI Commodity Report - 3 October 2025
$313/t (H2)
Steady
The latest trade data from the ABS showed that NSW wheat exports in August 2025 rose to 674,646 tonnes, the highest level since March 2023.
Source: S&P Global
$285/t (feed)
Up 3.6%
Domestic demand for barley is light, with wheat attractively priced in feedlot rations. The northern NSW harvest should begin in the next fortnight.
Source: Grain Central
Further commodities can be found via the button below.
Berriquin Irrigators Council AGM
The Berriquin Irrigators Council is hosting Its Annual General Meeting on Monday 27 October.
The meeting will be held at the Finley Returned Soldiers Club, commencing at 7.00pm.
A copy of the Minutes from the group's 2024 Annual General Meeting can be found here, while a copy of the Minutes from the last General Meeting, held in April, can be found here.
If anyone has an agenda item or a question for Murray Irrigation, could you please email it to the Secretary (Wendy Brooks) by Monday 20 October: berriquinirrigators@gmail.com
