Cotton Compass prepared a series of modules for planned cotton marketing seminars as requested by CRDC .

Despite the increased adoption of pressurised irrigation systems in recent years, furrow irrigation is and will remain to be the dominant application technique in the Australian cotton industry in the foreseeable futu

Term of Reference I: Progress of cotton water research to desired economic, environmental and social outcomes since 2005

Term of Reference 2: Assess strength of cotton water story

A CRDC Small Capacity Building Project Grant was successfully applied for to conduct a feasibility study into utilising a biomass burner at the Tandou Gin to off-set the increasing costs of LPG used in the ginning pro

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With an increase in cotton production and the expected influx of new people into the industry, understanding spinners' requirements will be of the utmost importance to assist the Australian cotton industry to con

Drip irrigation/fertigation (“advanced fertigation”, “open hydroponics”) is being adopted by

the Australian citrus industry. Hardware sophistication and the complexity of management

Schedule 1.2 employed a Catchment Officer who was located at the Cotton CRC Office at Myall Vale and was responsible for delivering NRM technical advice, developing extension material and developing and managing inves

The relationship of Cotton leaf roll vitus (CLRV) from Thailand to Cotton leafroll dwarf virus(CLRDV) from Brazil or Cotton bunchy top virus (CBTV) from Australia is unclear as no sequence information is currently pub

The Cotton CRC and CRDC sought to gather quantitative information on cotton growers' usage and adoption of research and key farming practices, with a particular focus on change since 2001, in order to

A knowledge system model to improve the effectiveness of the transfer of(irrigation)

information to growers was developed and tested. Knowledge can be described as

This project aimed to develop farming systems and extension materials and processes that support growers in producing high yielding / high fibre quality cotton more consistently, profitably and sustainably.

The project focussed on phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) status of northern cropping soils.

Cottonspec is a yarn quality prediction software developed by CSIRO with support from the CCC CRC, CRDC and Chinese partner mills.

Barbara Grey is an irrigated cotton farmer from Mungindi, in SW Qld, and the 2011 Rural Women’s Award Winner for Qld, and National Runner-up.

Attendance at the International Committee for Cotton Test Methods (ICCTM) Meeting, the 31st International Cotton Conference Bremen and visit to the USDA cotton testing laboratory in New Orleans, USA.

Darlington Point in 1964 and the CSIRO conducted a cotton breeding program for many years at Griffith. Cotton was the first row crop grown on Ravensworth Station at Hay and Kooba Station at Darlington Point.

The Sicala 340BRF fibre grown commercially over the last three seasons generally produced a fibre with variable quality.

Transgenic (Bt) cotton has provided major benefits for the Australia cotton industry (e.g. control of Helicoverpa and reduced pesticide use), but the possibility of Bt resistance in these insects is a major threat.

During my two visits to the emerging cotton areas in southern NSW early January and early March, 2012, I was able to meet with all but three of the key people supplying agronomic advice to the cotton area.