In this Spotlight we report on research in the Central QLD growing region of Emerald investigating the viability of changing planting dates to accommodate the weather

The winter edition of CRDC's new-look magazine, Spotlight, looks at how an integrated approach to farming provides benefits at both a farm and industry level

This guide contains plants frequently found found in within Australian Cotton farming

systems. Identification of weeds at this stage will improve management decisions. The weeds are ordered by cotyledon shape and then by length Click the basic shapes below to view examples of plants with that cotyledon shape.

a case study of irrigation managemet on Keytah - gwydir valley

Often storages are not built accurately to the design and actual volumes can differ by up to 20 per cent. In addition, a build-up of silt and slumping of dam walls can change the dimensions of your storage. Therefore a storage survey to obtain an accurate depth-to-volume and surface area relationship is essential if you want accurate measurement of water volumes in your storage.

The aim of the 2015 cotton irrigation technology tour is to bring irrigation researchers onto cotton farms across three cotton growing valleys to demonstrate new irrigation technology.

It is a cotton BMP requirement that water sources be tested for pH, salinity risks (electrical conductivity), and sodicity risks (sodium adsorption ratio). Soils need to be tested for salinity risks (electrical conductivity) and sodicity risks (exchangeable sodium percentage).

Groundwater monitoring - What to monitor. What equipment is needed. How often to monitor.

Key points on - Head ditches, tail drains, siphons, irrigation scheduling, water application, irrigation evaluation.

If you want to produce more bales of cotton per ML of water used, an irrigation evaluation is an important tool for improving your water use efficiency. The only way to maximise these efficiencies is to measure them.