This project is designed as a practical demonstration to allow growers to see first-hand how on-farm technology such as moisture monitors can benefit and improve a grower's productivity and profitability. If growers see valve in technology, they will invest in it. For example, Mackay Area Productivity Service (MAPS) have previously used simple moisture probes placed in cane blocks that show the soil moisture levels on a display panel for growers to observe as they drive past. The probes indicate the blocks moisture level and are a indication on when to irrigate. Growers that have trialled the probes, have seen the benefits of the probes and now have the probes installed on their farms. 

With MAPS having ten field staff on the ground dealing with growers on a daily basis, the one-on-one extension of this project will cover the entire Mackay Sugar district.