Fact Sheet

VARIwise Summary Australian Cotton Conference 2026

An irrigation technology ‘VARIwise’ has been developed that incorporates yield forecasting to inform smarter irrigation ...

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Fact Sheet

VARIwise Project Update – August 2026

VARIwise, a precision irrigation optimisation and control system, has been transitioned from a research tool to a tool that c...

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Fact Sheet

VARIwise project summary. CottonInfo Grower updates 2025

Commercialising VARIwise, an autonomous precision irrigation system.

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Fact Sheet

VARIwise: an autonomous irrigation system.

VARIwise Project. Translating autonomous irrigation research research into a commercial ready package.

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Cotton Industry

Content relating to the Australian cotton industry

Fact Sheet

Irrigation Tools and Technologies

Irrigation Tools and technologies is an introductory guide to provide a starting point for irrigators looking to improve or i...

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Webinar

Scheduling Irrigations with Limited Water – Australian Cotton Conference

Chris Nunn from CSIRO talks about scheduling irrigations with limited water using canopy temperature sensors.

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Webinar

Automated Broadacre Irrigation Optimisation Presentation at the Australian Cotton Conference

Joseph Foley from the University of Southern Qld presents on Automated broadacre irrigation optimisation.

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Webinar

Smart Sensing and Automation – A Cruise Control System for Irrigation

John Hornbuckle from Deakin University presenting at the Australian Cotton Conference on Smart Sensing of automation

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Webinar

Grower-led Optimisation and Automation presentation Australian Cotton Conference

Lou Gall from the GVIA talks about the Grower-led commercial research associated with SIP2.

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Final Report

RRDP 2004 Automated cotton irrigation. Key Learning Sites. Nth NSW

Final Report. RRDP 2004 Automated cotton irrigation. Key Learning Sites. Nth NSW. GVIA

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Case Study

Variable-rate irrigation using VARIwise. Application in CPLM overhead cotton

Trials of variable-rate irrigation and VARIwise technology have demonstrated yield improvements as well as water and labour s...

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Case Study

Using canopy temperature stress technology to reduce yield and gross margin risk

Benefits of using cotton temperature stress technology when water is limited.

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Case Study

Bankless channel irrigation – a good fit in the Gulf

Benefits of using bankless channel irrigation for cotton in northern Queensland

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Video

Optimisation of Siphon-less tail water back design in 2021-2022

This CottonInfo video provides an overall summary and wrap-up of the 2021/22 season trial that looked at the efficiency of th...

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Video

Soil moisture deficits & plant available soil water

Understanding soil moisture and the access plants have to that moisture is important to support irrigation decision making. I...

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Video

SISCOweb: Cruise Control for Surface Irrigation Part 3: Practical Applications and Cost

In Part 3 Joseph Foley and Malcolm Gillies discuss how SISCOweb could be used on farm. It is not practical to monitor every f...

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This project is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment as part of its Rural R&D for Profit program.

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