Anna Phelps

Primary school teacher - Tamworth NSW

[James Hall @jimbohall]

Thanks for hosting us for lunch @GeoffreyRuth. Impressive business growing corn 🌽 & soybeans. Really interesting to hear about the irrigation of dairy effluent in partnership with @tulsdairy which produces a natural fertiliser and soil conditioner. #rabocottontour @polanna1

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Progressive & sustainable ag practices here in East/Central Nebraska.@GeoffreyRuth's family farm taps into the local dairy's effluent runoff to irrigate corn crops, reducing fertiliser costs by up to 60%.Win win! #smartfarming 💦🌽🚜 #RaboCottonTour @jimbohall @Drew__Hawkins

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Ladies getting the run down on JD Link and the John Deere Operation Centre. Amazing technology to increase efficiency, track acreage and assist in the recording of tractor maintenance & management - just to mention a few! #RaboCottonTour #JohnDeere #JDLink @GeorgiaColley5

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

John Deere Factory visit in Does Moines today! Saw an epic set up for manufacturing #CottonPickers and #inrowCropSprayers. Basically like a massive #Lego factory! #RaboCottonTour. 📷@jimbohall @clack_charles @GeorgiaColley5

[James Hall @jimbohall]

Weekend off in Amarillo Texas. Sod Poodles won the baseball ⚾️ and walked through the 2nd largest canyon 🏞 in the US #palodurocanyon @polanna1 #RaboCottonTour

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

A different approach to #irrigation#cotton in similar dry conditions to home...

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Everything's big in #Texas. Off to #LubbockTX today to check out some #cotton irrigation technology, after an informative Q&A @ the #Amarillo Cotton Warehouse. #RaboCottonTour @jimbohall @clack_charles @GeorgiaColley5

[James Hall @jimbohall]

Williams Farms a great start up story. They face issues with water 💦 due to the underground level dropping. The ‘rule of capture’ applies for water rights. 😮 Big equipment with Pivots 800m and a seed planter 36m wide. #Everthingsbiggerintexas 🇺🇸 #rabocottontour @polanna1

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Great to see the sharing of knowledge between #AustralianCottonFarmers and the Texans. Fantastic hospitality at the Adobe Cotton Gin, America's largest at 300,000 bales/season ave. First #ShrimpBoil ticked off the bucket list! #RaboCottonTour @jimbohall

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Rediculiously hospitable locals at the Adobe Walls #CotttonGin, America's largest, 1.5hr from #Amarillo #Texas. A great wealth of knowledge shared between #Australian growers and northern Texas farmers. First #ShrimpBoil ticked off the bucket list! 😋🍤🦐 @jimbohall

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Snails in the #cotton crops in Gilliam, Louisiana is a common sight...🤷🐌 @jimbohall @RabobankAU @drewhawkins #RaboCottonTour

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

@MattBrannRURAL @jimbohall Three weeks total, 2 weeks on Cotton Tour... Blardy hell there's a lot of information to take on board! Good insights into the U.S market though....

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

6 of these babies have the pumping capacity of 23,688 mega litres of water / day - straight back into the #Mississippi 🙈 mind boggling stuff! #rabocottontour #agchatoz @RabobankAU @drewhawkins @jimbohall @clack_charles

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Super interesting presentation from David Wildy from #WildlyFamilyFarms today. The challenges we face in #Australianfarming are so very different to those here in the #Mississippi region #Arkansas #rabocottontour #agchatoz #agchat @jimbohall @Drew__Hawkins @charlie_clack

[Anna Phelps @polanna1]

Checking out the cotton crops in #Arkansas at #WildyFamilyFarms. A whole new world, one of the biggest challenges at the moment is "too much water" 🤦‍♀️🙉. Head is exploding💣🔥💦💧 #rabocottontour #agchatoz #agchat #agriculture #agribusiness @jimbohall @Drew__Hawkins @RabobankAU