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October-November 2024
Production, marketing and topical articles for the Australian Cotton industry.
Feature Articles
Cotton Conference already generating improvements on farm
More than 97 per cent of those who attended the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference would recommend the event to a colleague.
Resistance update – Mites, aphids, Helicoverpa and SLW
CRDC continues to invest in resistance testing across a range of species so that the industry’s pest management practices remain sustainable over the long term.
Over The Back Fence
Crop Capsules' CottonCap wins 2024 Bernard Blum Special Award
Crop Capsules has won the 2024 Bernard Blum Special Award for its revolutionary CottonCap® technology. The award, presented by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA).
Free Hard Water Tests
VICCHEM Offers Free Hard Water Tests to Help Farmers Maximise Herbicide Performance.
Surprise in store with purchase of 10,000th sprayer
What looked like a straightforward purchase of a brand new John Deere 616R Self-Propelled Sprayer delivered some surprises for New South Wales grain grower, Richard McKay.
A major step for NT Cotton as Darwin Port exports first containers
The first of the containers of Northern Territory (NT) cotton are nearing their Asian destinations after an event at Darwin Port this week that signified a major step forward for the cotton industry in the Territory – and a second shipment may not be far away!
Making every drop count on cotton farms
The cotton industry’s 2025 Nuffield Farming Scholarship recipient, Moree-based agronomist Kate Lumber aims to use her opportunity to improve the profitability of the sector through improved resilience and water efficiency.
New summer weed control app helps growers understand costs.
A new decision-support tool developed to help Australian grain growers weigh up the financial pros and cons of summer weed control has been launched.
Cotton Industry briefs key Ministers in Canberra
Cotton Australia Chair Nigel Burnett and General Manager Michael Murray visited Canberra late August where they were able to brief the new Federal Agricultural Minister Julie Collins on the Australia cotton industry.
Citizen scientists hop to it with rabbit virus tracking project
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is calling on rural and regional Australians to join in the longest-running citizen science survey of rabbit diseases in the world, to help keep the invasive pest in check.
