A simulation framework, VARIwise, is being developed to evaluate control strategies for cotton irrigation via lateral moves and centre pivots.

The Board of the National Program for Sustainable Irrigation commissioned this scoping document to assist in its research investment deliberations.

Irrigation in the Australian cotton industry has traditionally been dominated by the use of furrow irrigation practiced almost exclusively on the heavy clay soils associated with riverine flood plains.

Cotton production in Australia has traditionally been conducted using surface irrigation techniques on heavy clay soils.

This document reports the findings from a survey of drip irrigated cotton growers and equipment manufacturers conducted during May-June, 2000.