Dr Tim Weaver

Dr Tim Weaver has been involved in crop nutrition research based at the Australian Cotton Research Institute at Narrabri for the past 4 years. Tim has been involved in long-term cotton based farming systems research since 1998 and has worked on a range of projects related to soil quality, soil drainage, profitability and crop rotations at the Myall Vale Institute. Tim completed a PhD in 2013 using chloride mass balance models, estimating deep drainage and the movement of salt, nutrients and pesticides in Vertosols.

Tim’s current research is focussed on exploiting the genetic, environment and management interactions in cotton systems. His other interests include working in Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRs) and the development of models for real-time analysis of cotton soil, leaf and petioles for Total N.

Tim's leads a team developing crop models using machine learning to predict cotton yield and micronaire. The models are then packaged to allow users to manipulate key crop physiological parameters during the growing season to estimate their yield or micronaire.

Tim is involved in a number of collaborative projects using drone and satellite technology to target nitrogen in cotton nutrition management. The research also encompasses new technology developed by Manufacturing in CSIRO (HydraSpectra).