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)
Cotton Multiple technology areas Crop protection Imagery Research project Identifying sensors for better IPM in Cotton Silverleaf whitefly (SLW), mites and aphids gathering under cotton leaves are not easily detected manually because of diurnal movement or … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 31 Dec 2021 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF), University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Cotton Crop protection Research project Mirid and mealybug best practice management This project aimed to improve best practice management for mirid and mealybug pests in cotton. In the mirid part of … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2017 - 31 Oct 2019 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Pasture, fodder & feed Plant science Research project DAQ00211 - Quantifying the effectiveness of cover crops as a means of increased water infiltration and reduced evaporation in the northern region More effective capture and storage of rainfall are major challenges for both grain and cotton growers across the northern region … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 May 2017 - 20 Oct 2020 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Cotton Crop protection Research project Monitoring SLW insecticide resistance The management of silverleaf whitefly (SLW) in cotton is reliant on the use conventional insecticides. Slowing the development of resistance … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2019 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Cotton Research project CottonInfo multimedia content development This project provides multimedia support to the CottonInfo extension program, helping extend key concepts and information, and responding to the growing demand for easily accessible and sharable online content. Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Cotton Plant science Research project CottonInfo Irrigation Field Days The principal outcome of the CottonInfo program is to provide an efficient and effective pathway for the delivery of the … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 12 Dec 2018 - 30 Mar 2020 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), Southern Valley Cotton Growers Association
Cotton Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: Irrigation toolbox series - farm walks This project supported the CottonInfo team to run a series of in-field trials to demonstrate research outcomes to growers. In … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 30 Oct 2020 - 31 Mar 2021 Research organisation Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Cotton Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: IPM-demonstrating the ability of the crop to compensate for early season post damage This project supported the CottonInfo team to run a series of in-field trials to demonstrate research outcomes to growers. In … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Oct 2020 - 31 Aug 2021 Research organisation Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Cotton Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: Autumn cover crop trial 2020-21 This project supported the CottonInfo team to run a series of in-field trials to demonstrate research outcomes to growers. In … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Sep 2020 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Cotton Plant science Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: Native vegetation long term monitoring sites This project supported the CottonInfo team to run a series of in-field trials to demonstrate research outcomes to growers. In … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Cotton Plant science Research project Increased yield through improved management of soil constraints in cotton farming systems Each year, soil compaction costs the Australian cotton industry $30 million. It increases waterlogging, and restricts crop growth, nutrition, yield and … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Cotton Input management Research project Future Farm Phase 2: Improving farmer confidence in targeted N management through automated sensing and decision support With the high cost of nitrogen (N) fertiliser – about 20 per cent of variable costs – cotton growers seek to optimise its … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Cotton Crop protection Research project Optimising seedling emergence A major factor limiting cotton yield in Southern New South Wales is the unpredictably cool start to the cotton growing … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2019 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Cotton Data and AI Research project PhD: Assessing yield and fibre quality variability in cotton systems through data science for improved management The many years of on-farm data, yield maps and fibre quality data collected by growers and gins have the potential … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2021 - 29 Feb 2024 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Cotton Crop protection Research project Modern Systems Agronomy for Resilient Cotton Production A key challenge for the cotton industry is to minimise climate-induced year to year production variability and maintain existing lint … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Cross industry Crop protection Research project Managing verticillium risk for cotton This project is part of a broader Australian Government’s Rural R&D for Profit cross-sectoral investment assessing the … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2019 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 Research project Grassroots Grant: On farm evaluation of the IoT technologies This investment supports on-farm demonstration of IoT (internet of things) sensor technology and transmission of sensor output data via low … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 15 Jun 2019 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD), Goanna Ag, Macquarie Cotton Growers Association
Multiple industries Cotton Pork Poultry Sugar Multiple technology areas Input management Plant science Research project Biorefineries for profit - phase 2 The Biorefineries for Profit project is developing technologies to convert crop and crop-processing residues into high value animal feed supplements … Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 26 Jul 2019 - 1 Jun 2022 Research organisation Queensland University of Technology