In the arid and semi-arid regions of the world, irrigation has enabled previously unarable tracts of land to be used for a wide variety of agricultural activities.

Retained hills are now a well-established management strategy in the Australian Cotton Industry.

The cornerstone of most pest management programs world-wide is the "Economic Threshold" concept which is based on the principle of controlling a pest only if it is economically prudent to do so i.e.

The Cotton Research and Development corporation (CRDC) is funding a comprehensive 3-year project to discover the environmental fate of endosulfan sprayed on cotton for insect control.

A three year investigation is being undertaken at Massey University to study the effect of condensed tannins, heat and solvent extraction upon the nutritive value of cottonseed meal for ruminant and monogastric farm a