Sam O’Rafferty

Irrigation agronomist working for Summit Ag in the MIA, Based at Coleambally. All things cotton, row crop and Peppin merinos

[Summit Ag Agricultural Consulting @summitagconsult]

Corn at Coleambally on the move 🌽

[Summit Ag Agricultural Consulting @summitagconsult]

Yet another beautiful day in the most productive farming district in Australia, Coleambally!
This Durum crop has just had fungicide and growth regulator applied. No signs of disease to date. Next topdressing to be applied in front of the first spring irrigation. @SamORafferty1

[Caitlin McRae @Cait_McRae1]

Cropscan Analysers has given us some great data that has proven highly useful to our operation already.Exciting times ahead as we dive into VR N using the cropscan protein data this season. Thanks to @cropscan for the opportunity to share our experiences so far.

[Benjamin Romeo @bromeo82]

Trade heifers removed off the 970 Cl over the weekend. grazed for 5 weeks av 1.8 kg/HD/day. Urea applied Saturday night. Looking forward for the 2nd grazing in few weeks time going to need to find more cattle! ⁦@PacificSeeds⁩ ⁦@summitagconsult⁩

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@Matt_Champness @summitagconsult @IRECNSW @GRDCNorth We can only hope! @Matt_Champness

[Summit Ag Agricultural Consulting @summitagconsult]

Another meeting like no other... #showusyourshorts @AdamaAgri #teamsummit
@HeathMcwhirter @em_ayliffe @SamORafferty1 @bromeo82

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@Donald001159 @summitagconsult @HeathMcwhirter @bromeo82 @em_ayliffe Burrinjuck, pre watered then watered up just after Christmas. At Coleambally.

[CRDC @CottonResearch]

Help CRDC, @usqedu & @DAFQld deliver exciting new tech to #cotton growers and consultants: using #smartphones and AI #innovation to count small insects in the field. We're seeking a commercialisation partner: applications close 31 March. https://t.co/Ugt389AMeC #agtech #cotton21

[Yacker @YackerApp]

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[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@CKMonty @SG_NSW @IRECNSW @Irrigation4P @IrrigatedCC @CWFS_Condo @NSWDPI_AgWater @cleton_paul Good stuff. Planted the same time as the cotton? What row space and sowing rate? Decicated with the first Gly pass?

[Emma Ayliffe @em_ayliffe]

Hopefully good enough to make @PaulMacAHRI_PUL MR Mac proud of our efforts here in the south. Mungbeans looking glorious after the rain @summitagconsult @houghton_rob50 @IRECNSW @pennyheuston @thelandnews

[ADAMA Australia @Adama_AU]

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[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

Fantastic family run business to be apart of!

[jason coleman @jasonco41425365]

Looking for an extra person to join our team. Please share with anyone who might be interested 👍

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@drycotresassoc @chrissomaunder @BWRural @NorthWestLLS Unreal, what spacing are you working off for the sorghum rows? Established and decicated prior to planting?

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@EquityMates @PrestonPysh @EquityMates you guys should also hit up Mark Pesce to come on the show. Have a listen to his podcast Crytonomics

[CottonInfo @CottonInfoAust]

As #cotton21 heats up and #irrigation starts across the valleys, we'll be bringing you timely info to help you improve your #waterproductivity and #wateruseefficiency. We have a whole library of #water and #irrigation info at https://t.co/Ou4QAcvq11!
#ausag #agchatoz

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

Decided to have a play around with sowing depth, let’s see how deep they can make it from! Gly PSPE, watered up #summercrop/21

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@johngbennett You won’t have that drama on Yaker, go offline when your out of the cab and they will flag you to call back! https://t.co/xZf6coak7m

[Sam O’Rafferty @SamORafferty1]

@summitagconsult @HeathMcwhirter @em_ayliffe Taught by the best @em_ayliffe !