Key points on - Head ditches, tail drains, siphons, irrigation scheduling, water application, irrigation evaluation.

Machinery contributes around 54% of the cotton farm input costs.

Pumps are simple machines that turn pump shaft rotational speed and torque into fluid energy in the form of elevation, velocity and pressure energies.

Often storages are not built accurately to the design and actual volumes can differ by up to 20 per cent. In addition, a build-up of silt and slumping of dam walls can change the dimensions of your storage.

a case study of irrigation managemet on Keytah - gwydir valley

The Improving Energy Efficiency on Irrigated Australian Cotton Farms project aims to deliver an industry-wide awareness campaign that provides tailored energy efficiency information and tools to irrigators and their a

Pump cavitation is an unwanted problem that occurs when pumps and associated pipelines are poorly designed and configured.

As the uptake of the Round Bale (RB) picking system has been widespread and rapid it is not a matter of whether or not the industry should adopt this technology rather a process of determining its impacts evaluating i

The result of the trials clearly shows that within the majority of cases the amount of lint produced from the amount of N applied is outside the optimum, highlighting that there is opportunity for increased production

This fact sheet has been adapted for CottonInfo from a former Cotton Catchment Communities CRC publication. It was originally authored by CSIRO, NSW DPI, Incitec Pivot and CRDC.

Rising energy costs are no surprise to farmers.

Excessive wheel slip and engine speed can waste fuel.

Latest weather news Observed rainfall analysis (for the week ending 14 Dec): Summary of climate indicators: Rainfall and temperature guidance summary: Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO): Australian Sea Surface Temperatur

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot, Disease Research Update, Weeds, GVIA Research Project The 'Filling the Research Gap' project which is looking at nitrous oxide emissions through irrigation water at Redmill is already

Research and trials on the real cost of N application

Nitrogen (N) nutrition of high yielding cotton crops remains one of the biggest production costs with improvement of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) being somewhat of an enigma when trying to ensure that profitability a

Dryland Pix trial * Reniform Nematode * N trial * Central Queensland Field Walk
*Update from Philip Armytage Darwin Trip

Latest weather news: Rainfall analysis (for the month of November): Tasman Sea Atmospheric Blocking ; Summary of climate indicators; Rainfall and temperature guidance summary; Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO); Australi

This report outlines CRDC's key priority areas for 'futures research' investment, based on extensive consultation with stakeholders

The 2013–14 year also marked the first year of investment under the CRDC’s new Strategic R&D Plan 2013–18, which has a strong focus on improving the industry’s profitability, sustainability and competitiveness.