Case Studies

Meet three different cotton growing family operations that have applied the 6 steps for success for revegetation in cotton landscapes.

The Watson Family, Boggabri NSW

The Kahl Family, Wee Waa NSW

The Hamparsum Family, Breeza Plains NSW

Michael Naylor is an irrigation consultant based in the Murrumbidgee. In this case study, Mike steps through the process for considering irrigation design and provides an example for changing from siphons and rotabucks to an automated “Pontoon” Large Pipe Through the Bank (LPTB).

In this Grower Case Study, find out more about cotton growers at "Lynbrae" at Morago NSW, who have converted rice bor

Chief Research Scientist and Digital Innovation Research Group Lead with CSIRO Agriculture and food, Dr Peter Thorburn is working on the CRDC-funded 'De-risking nitrogen (N) management in cotton farming systems' project.

Learn more about him and his previous work in looking at whether insurance can compensate the yield risk of lower nitrogen fertiliser applications in sugarcane.

Dr Graham Charles is a well-known and respected research scientist who has spent nearly 40 years working on weed management in cotton.

In this Grower Case Study, find out more about the farm team at "Bellevue" near Narrabri, that undertook siphon to small-pipe-through-the-bank irrigation conver

Maggie Campbell-Jones is a Research Assistant at the University of the Sunshine Coast who is supporting the acoustic monitoring work of Professor Stuart Parsons.

Find out more about Maggie's incredible research past that landed her in the cotton industry.

Professor Stuart Parsons is leading research that's using animal acoustics to monitor biodiversity on cotton farms.

Find out more about his work and how he got into cotton research in this CottonInfo Researcher Profile.

In this Grower Case Study, find out more about the farm team at "Norwood" near Moree, that undertook siphon to bay and rollover bankless irrigation conversion.

Access the Grower Case Study here.

Eric Koetz is the Weed Management Technical Lead with CottonInfo and is a member of the Herbicide Technical Panel. Eric is currently working on integrated Weed Management in cotton farming systems and has conducted annual weed surveys to determine the extent of glyphosate resistance in problem weeds in cotton systems.