To promote Australian Long Staple Cotton (ALS) large-scale spinning trials were carried out in China in late 2010 using Sicala 340BRF. Six major mills in China participated in the trials.

Rising diesel and electricity costs are well known to producers. The cost of energy is predicted to rise significantly into the longer term.

This season's results show the potential for damage to cotton crops from resdues of Hussar, Intervix, Spinnaker and Lontrel, with reductions in plant stand, seedling vigour, crop development and yield recorded.

Adaptive irrigation control (1) Adaptive control strategies have been developed for real-time management of irrigation. A closedloop or timing (2) actuator hardware to adjust irrigation application

During the last 5 years we have been researching the feasibility of cotton production in the Burdekin region of north Queensland.