Nitrogen use workshops form part of the Cotton Research and Development Corporations Extension and Outreach project; “Carbon Farming in the Australian Cotton Industry”.

Agricultural advisory firm Back Paddock Company, in partnership with Cotton Info were contracted to deliver a round of workshops in cotton areas of eastern Australia to assist the CRDC in meeting its extension objectives under the CFI:

• Up-skill cotton & grains industry advisers, extension networks and key influencers about emissions management and nitrogen use in cotton production

The key performance indicator used to measure extension efforts in this area at the conclusion of the project is as follows;

• 75% *of cotton growers and 90% of advisers have an improved

understanding of the CFI, emissions management and sequestration in

cotton farming.

• 75% *of cotton growers and 90% of advisers understand how N2O

emissions can be reduced.

• 25% *of industry implementing plant tissue analysis to monitor crop

nutrition balances to meet crop nutrient demand.

(As measured by CRDC fund Cotton Grower Practices and Cotton Consultants surveys conducted at the beginning and the end of the project)