The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation is a collaboration between 16 investment partners including irrigator groups, water authorities, state government agencies, Research and Development Corporations and the

Issue being addressed? Cut-off time is vital in furrow irrigation as it significantly affects the efficiency of irrigation.

Issues being addressed? Furrow irrigation is the most popular irrigation method in cotton. However, two issues: low efficiency and huge labour involvement concern irrigators due to scarcity in recent years.

Energy costs have risen significantly over the past decade and cotton growers continue to look for ways to improve their on farm energy use efficiency.

One of the key challenges growers have when they have water for a limited number of irrigations is confidently knowing when to use this water to optimise yield, quality and water use efficiency.