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Reducing incidence and impact of 2,4D spray drift
10 Mar 10 | WHILE the season is not quite over, the evidence is that the 2010 cotton crop has been far less impacted by Phenoxy and other herbicide spray drift when compared to last season’s wide spread heavy damage.  | Mealy bug outbreak spreads to NQVisit Queensland Country Life | New fibre testing device gives ... | GALLERY: Photos of the floods moving south
New fibre testing device gives cotton an edge
09 Mar 10 | A 'fibre maturity' testing device designed to improve the quality of fibre produced by Australian cotton growers and yarn quality in overseas spinning mills has been licensed to new-start Australian company, Cottonscope Pty Ltd.   | Cubbie going to administrators | Buyers emerge for Cubbie | VIDEO: Spectacular conclusion with ...
Mealy bug outbreak spreads to NQ
12 Feb 10 | Biosecurity Queensland has confirmed an outbreak of mealybug in Burdekin cotton crops is the same exotic species found recently in cotton crops in Emerald.   | Quarantine breach: Exotic mealy ...Visit Queensland Country Life
Will US cotton growers continue to pay for crop technology
09 Jan 10 | Nearly three-quarters of the cotton consultants and extension personnel at the 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences expect United States' acreages to increase by at least 10 per cent, but growers are questioning whether crop technology fees are worth the cost.   | CommentsComments (1) | US organic cotton planting ... | Unequal rainfall helps the ...Visit The Land | GALLERY: Photos of WA's Sunshine ...
Unequal rainfall helps the cotton bloom
08 Jan 10 | THE rain that has drenched and flooded parts of northern NSW fell on cotton country, reviving a crop that was threatening to succumb to what started as a dry, hot summer.  | Online mapping aids fallow spraysVisit The Land | What's bugging cotton growers now?Visit The Land
US organic cotton planting highest since 2001
08 Jan 10 | US GROWERS of organic cotton increased plantings of organic cotton acreage by 26 per cent in 2009 over that planted the previous year, according to preliminary data collected by the Organic Trade Association in a survey funded by Cotton Incorporated.   | Early spray drift damage in CQ ...Visit Queensland Country Life | Check online for cotton fields ...Visit Queensland Country Life | GALLERY: NSW Floods: More photos from ...
Check online for cotton fields before using 2,4D
14 Dec 09 | IN AN innovative new approach, the Australian cotton industry has launched a website to help farmers identify nearby cotton fields that could be damaged by drift from 2,4D herbicides.
Early spray drift damage in CQ cotton
26 Nov 09 | HERBICIDE spray drift damage to this season’s Central Queensland cotton crops has been reported.
18 Sep 09 | The multi-million dollar Australian Cotton Exhibition Centre at Narrabri is to shut later this month, just seven years after opening its doors with great fanfare.
New guide to improve cotton quality: FIBREpak
14 Aug 09 | A GUIDE designed to help the Australian cotton industry improve the quality of the fibre it produces has been released by CSIRO and the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC.
Cotton picking prospects on a roll
04 Aug 09 | IT’S shaping up to be an exciting year for Dalby district producers the McVeigh family’s cotton growing operation.
Cotton's $9m export boost
11 Jul 09 | AMID global financial gloom and doom comes a good news story this week, courtesy of Queensland's cotton industry.   | Cotton industry gears for round ... | More cotton, less water at ...Visit The Land | VIDEO: 'Header heaven' for machinery ...
Sicot 71BRF proves a crowd-puller
10 Jul 09 | WITH more than 200 growers having trialled the new release Sicot 71BRF BollgardII Roundup Ready Flex variety in Australia, it proved an opportune time to review its performance during one of CSD’s extensive Queensland and NSW Information Tours.  | VIDEO: 'Header heaven' for machinery ...
More cotton, less water at Narromine
25 Jun 09 | MACQUARIE Valley irrigator, Rob Tuck, has cut water use by as much as 40 per cent on fields where he has introduced minimum tillage conservation farming practices on his farms near Narromine.  | CommentsComments (2)
Cotton gins fall early victim to water sale
04 Jun 09 | Major cotton processor, Queensland Cotton, has taken a big financial hit following the $303 million purchase of Twynam Agricultural Group’s water by the Commonwealth Government.  | CommentsComments (1)
Round modules change cotton gins' focus
14 May 09 | Australia's cotton growing industry is rising to the challenge of managing the new-generation self-propelled pickers that have an on-board module-building capacity.  | Cotton harvest road rules ... | Atherton’s huge header | VIDEO: SE feeders steers to $2/kg
Partners toast cotton-growing success
14 May 09 | Two noted Queensland farming families this year are celebrating 50 years of continuously growing cotton with the popularly-known ‘white gold’ crop clearly acknowledged for its significant contribution to the fortunes of Australian agriculture.
Cotton harvest road rules hassles: end in sight
07 May 09 | Transport issues plaguing the annual cotton harvest will now be a thing of the past, according to Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries.  | New cotton pest identifiedVisit Queensland Country Life | Swan considers lifting freeze ... | VIDEO: Stimulus boost for Tocal Field ...
04 May 09 | A new pest to the cotton industry, the Q biotype of whitefly, has been identified.
Glenn geared for busy autumn
01 Apr 09 | With one eye on his early pick fortunes and the other on the table-topping success of a local rugby team he helps coach, St Ruth producer Glenn Ogden in southern Queensland says he's "full-on" on both counts.   | AUDIO: Investors line up for Ord ...

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