The program was full of significant experiences, but the Kimberley was the most significant for me. The Kimberley session laid the foundations for the test of the course.

This project comprised two key parts:

A. The compilation and review of a Best Management Practices manual for the Storage

and Handling sector of the Australian cotton industry; and

Enhancing the Efficiency of Bt Refuge Crops within a Changing Cotton Environment

The 2011 Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis (ACCA) is the seventh report produced by Boyce Chartered Accountants in conjunction with the Cotton Research & Development Corporation (CRDC).

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The John Deere (JD) 7760 harvester has been taken up very quickly by the Australian cotton industry as these machines can harvest cotton virtually non-stop, making them very productive, requiring little labour as it d

The Australian cotton industry has benefited greatly from the introduction of the transgenic Bolgard II cotton.

The project, Regeneration of floodplain vegetation in response to large-scale flooding in the Condamine-Balonne and Border Rivers, was a collaboration between the Cotton CRC, QLD DERM, NSW Office of Water and the Aust

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This project aimed to improve cotton irrigation WUE using dynamic deficits to (i) avoid plant stress and maximize yield and (ii) make the most effective use of in-crop rainfall.

The Australian cotton industry depends heavily on genetically engineered Bt cotton (currently in the form of Bollgard II®) which provides resistance to the key pests of cotton, larvae of the moths Helicoverpa armigera

Even though large scale planting of Bt cotton started a decade ago, consequences on a landscape-scale have hardly been studied. Helicoverpa armigera and H.

Vertosols, are a heavy clay soil that cover a large part of the world, and are used extensively for irrigated agriculture.

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This report covers the trip to attend the Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable (held 22/9), the ITMF ICCTM meeting (held 23/9) and the 2011 ITMA held September 22nd- 29th.

Gomeroi Country extends broadly from the Qld / NSW boarder region to Tamworth, Aberdeen/ Muswellbrook, Coonabarabran and Walgett. The Gomeroi people are the traditional owners of this Country.

Herbicide damage is an ever increasing challenge for much of the cotton industry due largely to:

. the increasing complexity in the farming system (with a wide range of herbicides used),

Expansion will be determined by water availability in combination with markets.

Australian irrigators are under increasing pressure to

maintain the viability of their farm businesses in the

face of reduced surface and ground-water allocations;

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.