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APRIL - MAY 2024
Production, marketing and topical articles for the Australian Cotton industry.
Feature Articles
Getting the best from siphon-less irrigation
At the end of February 2024, CottonInfo and CRDC hosted Irricom, an event where we bring together researchers and growers to discuss irrigation.
Cotton Conference promises to be bigger than ever
Organisers are expecting a record turn out from a diverse range of delegates including cotton researchers and scientists, farmers and agronomists, marketers, industry organisations, spinners, brands & retailers.
Reconnecting: Australian cotton’s return to China
The ACSA embarked on its first official visit to China since 2019. The trip marked a pivotal moment in rekindling ties between Australian cotton merchants and the Chinese market.
Over The Back Fence
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.
Growers on alert for Fall armyworm
Fall armyworm (FAW) are being detected at unprecedented levels in sorghum crops across Central Queensland, the Western and Darling Downs and northern New South Wales causing what experts predict could be the most significant impact on sorghum since the pest’s arrival in Australia in 2020.
Uncovering key drivers of profitability in Australian cotton production
To address challenges faced by cotton growers associated with rising production costs, fluctuating yields, and regulatory constraints, Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) and the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) have partnered with Ag Econ through CSD’s Richard Williams Initiative to better understand the key drivers of crop profitability.
US court bans over-the-top Dicamba use
The US Farm Journal reports that a federal court in Arizona has vacated EPA’s 2020 registrations for dicamba products to be used in over-the-top applications. This effectively means the agricultural community will be unable to apply XtendiMax (Bayer), Enginia (BASF), and Tavium (Syngenta) for the upcoming 2024 growing season, until the EPA can re-review the matter.
Dates announced for picker operator training for QLD
Dates have been released for the series of cotton picker training workshops being run in cotton growing regions across Queensland as part of the state government’s micro-credential skills program.
