This study tour and work experience opportunity was undertaken to give the student researcher a broader look at cotton, agricultural technology and general agriculture in America and Canada, in the hope of finding practices or technology to implement into our Australian industry. Whilst on tour, the researcher also attended the 2017 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Global Conference and participated in the student case study challenge, placing third globally.

A detailed research tour is documented in the Final Report.

The outcomes on return include the follow-up on implementing plant psychrometers to assess the commercial viability and benefit/gain to the grower and have approached Plant Phytech to conduct a trial this 2018 cotton season on the Liverpool plains. In addition, the researcher will be looking at the practical implementation of precision ag by trialling echelons approach to collecting, interpreting and uploading data without needing the farmer to export or upload data themselves.