Compaction caused by machinery traffic can have severe yield consequences. Compaction increases soil strength and reduces soil porosity, which hinders root growth, moisture and nutrient uptake, and plant growth. GPS-auto steer and modification of machines to 3 m wheel centres can minimise compaction of fields. Conventional 1 m cotton does not accommodate for 3 m wheel centres so row spacing can be altered to alleviate this issue. The aim of the experiment in this study was to test the hypothesis: is cotton yield and fibre quality in wide 1.5 m row the same as conventional 1 m rows? There were two main components to the experiment at Auscott Warren farm, a replicated plot experiment and a paddock scale whole block experiment. The replicated experiment was a RCB design with nine replicates of 1 m and 1.5 m row treatments. The paddock scale whole block was two large field blocks of 1 m and 1.5 m row treatments. 1.5 m cotton was 10 cm taller than 1 m cotton. There was little difference in harvest index (60%) between the two configurations. The 1 m cotton yielded 1.8 bales/ha and 3.6 bales/ha higher than the 1.5 m cotton in the machine picked and handpicked replicated experiment, respectively. Yield of 1 m cotton mainly came from fruiting nodes 1-8, position 1. In contrast, yield in 1.5 m cotton mainly came from vegetative fruiting branches. There was a strong positive correlation (R2 = 0.99) between the number of bolls/m2 and yield, but only a weak correlation between lint per boll and yield (R2 = 0.28), and between number of bolls and lint per boll (R2 = 0.21). Only minor differences in fibre quality were observed. Gross margins of the two row configurations were very similar. Future research should quantify water usage to improve grower decision making.