CottonInfo: Crop to Top
CottonInfo is the Australian cotton industry’s joint extension program.In the Crop to Top podcast, we bring you conversations with the program's Regional Extension Officers and Technical Leads, as well as researchers and cotton growers connected to CottonInfo with a story to share.
CottonInfo: Crop to Top
The Economics of Irrigation Change
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CottonInfo
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Season 3
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Episode 8
In this special pod recording live from the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference hear from CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for Energy & Climate Jon Welsh about his recent analysis of costings & economics associated with irrigation conversion projects at two very different cotton farming operations in NSW, as well as the farm managers who oversaw the changes - Ben Kirkby and Darren Eather.
CottonInfo Resources:
- "Norwood" Grower Case Study: find out more about the farm team at "Norwood" near Moree, that undertook siphon to bay and rollover bankless irrigation conversion.
- "Bellevue" Grower Case Study: find out more about the farm team at "Bellevue" near Narrabri, that undertook siphon to small-pipe-through-the-bank irrigation conversion.
