Smarter Irrigation for Profit was funded via Round 1 of the Rural Research and Development for Profit Program.

In Australia we have a proud tradition of extension and adoption within primary industries.

This project examined the costs and benefits of defoliation strategies used in the defoliation of high input irrigated cotton crops.

The Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis provides the industry benchmark for the economics of cotton growing in Australia.

The Australian cotton industry generates, on average, over $1.5billion per year in export revenue. About 80 per cent of cotton farms are irrigated and the farms are generally mixed enterprise operations.