Temperature plays many important roles in the growth and development of cotton.

There is no doubt that water is the limiting factor on an farms. It is argued about passionately and has entered a very public arena with demands from environmental, political, community and agricultural sectors.

Area-wide pest management (AWM) has had a high profile introduction to the cotton and grains industries on the Downs since 1998 and prior to that in the cotton industry in Emerald.

The world's textile industry has gone through structural changes and there are rapid moves toward industrial reorganization in Asian countries in pursue of the progress in the developed countries.

The weed spectrum of many areas in the Australian cotton industry is not well documented.