Water Use on Australian Farms (ABS)
Australian Bureau of Statistics release on agricultural water use including irrigation water applied by crop and region, increasingly derived from satellite evapotranspiration modelling.
abs.gov.au
At a glance
- Region
- Australia (Oceania)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Irrigation water use
- Agriculture statistics
- Crop water use
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Irrigation water use
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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