Current Issue
December 2024 - January 2025
Production, marketing and topical articles for the Australian Cotton industry.
Feature Articles
Moth busting alternative for overwintering Helicoverpa
Helicoverpa’s resistance to insecticide in the 1990s fueled an intense industry response, which began with the recommendation that growers cultivate their fields while the pest was in diapause in the soil.
Robotic weed manager pays its way
Andrew and Cynthia Pursehouse and their eldest son James have recently ‘employed’ a Swarmbot named ‘Mooki’, as their dedicated fallow spot-spraying unit.
Over The Back Fence
Overcoming the challenges of hard water
Water quality can be a game changer for grain growers. Hard water, which usually contains elevated levels of calcium and magnesium ions, has long been a challenge for growers.
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).
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.
