Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Sugar Input management Research project Smarter irrigation for profit This project established under the Rural R&D For Profit Program, focusses on practical, cost effective strategies to improve … Funded by Dairy Australia Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisations Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA), University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Cotton Research project Identifying the trends and drivers of water productivity in Australian cotton through benchmarking (includes CottonInfo technical lead) This project is continuing the long-term monitoring of water use efficiency in the Australian cotton industry, to deliver annual water … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 31 Jul 2022 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Multiple industries Cotton Dairy Multiple technology areas Automation Input management Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Precise real-time automated cotton & dairy irrigation for improved water productivity This project is building on previous research to further develop fully autonomous broadacre irrigation systems for cotton (furrow and pivot) … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Dairy Australia, University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Cotton Multiple technology areas Automation Input management Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: New tech integrated smart sensing & automation for cotton This project aims to increase the adoption of automated irrigation technologies into the Australian cotton industry. Water price and labour … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Deakin University, Goanna Ag, Irrigation Research and Extension Committee (IREC)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Oilseeds Sugar Multiple technology areas Automation Input management Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Gwydir demonstration of latest digital technologies for precise automated irrigation Automation of irrigation in the Australian cotton industry has the potential to improve water productivity, whilst addressing challenges of optimising … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisation Goanna Ag
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Oilseeds Sugar Multiple technology areas Automation Input management Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Cross Sectoral Integration and Extension The aim of this project is to support Australian irrigators to adopt new and innovative tools and technologies which will … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022
Cotton Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Plant-based sensing for cotton irrigation Water is the most limiting factor for cotton production in Australia. This project aims to help optimise the irrigation strategies … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Cotton Input management Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Evaporation mitigating solution for Australian cotton water storages This project will develop and demonstrate cost-effective and practical solutions to reduce evaporation from water storages on Australian cotton farms. … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), The University of Melbourne
Cereal grains Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Smart irrigation control for water and labour savings in rice growing systems This project aims to develop automated sensing and control for reduced water input rice farming systems. As the Australian rice … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations AgriFutures Australia, Deakin University
Sugar Automation Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Precision automated furrow irrigation for the Australian sugar industry Irrigation is the key driver of sugar cane production in many Queensland milling areas. Much of this land is irrigated … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Dairy Automation Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: What is my yield gap? Maximising water productivity Irrigation underpins the Australian dairy industry, with dairy the second largest irrigation water user behind cotton. Reduced water availability because … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations Dairy Australia, Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]
Pasture, fodder & feed Automation Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Scaling irrigation management to support whole farm operations This project will develop a whole-of-farm scale gravity fed irrigation management system with the aim of increasing on farm water … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisation Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]
Cross industry Automation Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Beyond Water Smart - Advancing Dairy Irrigation System Performance Currently key irrigation decisions such as start-up time, scheduling interval, irrigation depth and system performance (uniformity and energy efficiency) are … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Sugar Automation Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Improved irrigation system selection and operation for increased sugarcane productivity and profitability Irrigation management is critical to the profitability and economic sustainability of Australia’s 166,000ha of irrigated sugarcane. Factors such as … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Irrigation Research and Extension Committee (IREC), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Oilseeds Input management Research project Smarter Irrigation 2: Key Learning Sites Southern (making the most of water) This project aims to increase water productivity and profitability by expanding growers’ knowledge of irrigation technology and best practice management. … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022
Wine Input management Research project Incubator Initiative - What is the best way to treat the iron-related clogging problem in the Limestone Coast? Iron clogging of bores, pumps and drippers is a persistent and growing problem for many irrigators in the Limestone Coast … Funded by Wine Australia Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
Wine Research project VitiVisor: An information, prediction and advisory platform for viticulture This investment will develop an open-source information, prediction and advisory platform for viticulture (VitiVisor) to support on-farm decision making, increase … Funded by Wine Australia Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wine Input management Research project Incubator Initiative - How does phenological stage influence grapevine water requirements for Shiraz and Chardonnay in the Riverland? While there is a general understanding that plant water requirements under any given weather conditions are strongly dependent upon the … Funded by Wine Australia Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Forestry Input management Research project Optimising the management of plantation, water and environmental assets A key aim of this project is to enable the industry to commercially manage plantation, water and natural wetland assets … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 5 Jun 2019 - 1 Apr 2022 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)
Forestry Input management Research project Options for Operating Efficiently and Sustainably within Forest Water Licence Rules Plantation managers have the opportunity to manage their forest and licenced water assets and develop methods to efficiently and sustainably … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 30 Dec 2020 Research organisation University of South Australia (UniSA)