The GrassRoots Program allows cotton valley regions to investigate community grower projects.

Farm scale trials of Canopy Temperature Sensors (CTS ) across various irrigation lay out and systems over geographically different locations across the Macquarie Valley were carried out during the 2015/16 growing season . The idea was to combine CTS data with soil moisture probe data as well as weather stations and in field weather sensors. The project aimed to let growers use the technology and get support from commercial and industry specialists. A series of trials examined the effect of heat stress units on different irrigation systems ( drip, overhead, furrow ). Post season we looked at quantifying the relationship between canopy temperature and yield and the relationship between water use efficiency and canopy temperature.