A laundry washing machine (10, 20), comprising: a wash tub (16, 26) disposed within a housing (14, 24); a fluid property sensor configured to sense turbidity and conductivity of fluid from the wash tub (16, 26); a weight sensor operatively coupled to the wash tub (16, 26) to sense a weight associated with the wash tub (16, 26); and a fluid level sensor configured to sense a fluid level in the wash tub (16, 26); a detergent dispenser configured to dispense detergent for washing a load disposed in the wash tub (16, 26); and a controller coupled to the fluid property sensor, the controller configured to initiate a wash phase of a wash cycle to wash a load disposed in the wash tub (16, 26), determine with the fluid property sensor a fluid property value associated with the wash fluid, and select between a fill rinse operation and a spray rinse operation for a rinse phase of the wash cycle based at least in part upon the determined fluid property value, wherein the controller is configured to dynamically select a load type from among a plurality of load types based at least upon weight and fluid level values sensed respectively by the weight and fluid level sensors (62, 64), and to access a set of operational settings for the wash cycle at least based upon the selected load type and determined fluid property value and wherein the controller is configured to control dispensing of detergent by the detergent dispenser based at least in part upon a comparison of the sensed conductivity and the sensed turbidity. a wash tub (16, 26) disposed within a housing (14, 24); a fluid property sensor configured to sense turbidity and conductivity of fluid from the wash tub (16, 26); a weight sensor operatively coupled to the wash tub (16, 26) to sense a weight associated with the wash tub (16, 26); and a fluid level sensor configured to sense a fluid level in the wash tub (16, 26); a detergent dispenser configured to dispense detergent for washing a load disposed in the wash tub (16, 26); and a controller coupled to the fluid property sensor, the controller configured to initiate a wash phase of a wash cycle to wash a load disposed in the wash tub (16, 26), determine with the fluid property sensor a fluid property value associated with the wash fluid, and select between a fill rinse operation and a spray rinse operation for a rinse phase of the wash cycle based at least in part upon the determined fluid property value, initiate a wash phase of a wash cycle to wash a load disposed in the wash tub (16, 26), determine with the fluid property sensor a fluid property value associated with the wash fluid, and select between a fill rinse operation and a spray rinse operation for a rinse phase of the wash cycle based at least in part upon the determined fluid property value, wherein the controller is configured to dynamically select a load type from among a plurality of load types based at least upon weight and fluid level values sensed respectively by the weight and fluid level sensors (62, 64), and to access a set of operational settings for the wash cycle at least based upon the selected load type and determined fluid property value and wherein the controller is configured to control dispensing of detergent by the detergent dispenser based at least in part upon a comparison of the sensed conductivity and the sensed turbidity.