Biodiversity on cotton Farms -how to maximise and of what use in the production system

Examples of ecocystem services

Since 1995, the Watson's have rehabilitated more than 22km of the Namoi River and are still going! However they have not tried to do it all at once. They have done a little every year as conditions allowed concentrating on one section of the river at a time.1f0

Key findings for Narromine include:. Narromine's population and employment has not changed by large amounts over the past decadein response to variations in the economy.. 24% of the Narromine residents who are working commute beyond the shire to work.. Narromine is praised for having fantastic health and social services despite its small size.. Narromine was the only NSW study area above the state and national averages for Indigenouslabour force participation rates.

Page one of rotation poster, Rotation crops affect on following cotton crop

Measuring water quality and levels. What to monitor ΓWhat equipment is needed Γ How often to monitor Γ What to do with the data Γ What is a piezometer Γ How much does monitoring cost Γ

Vetch has been grown on commercial cotton farms for several years in most cotton growing regions. To evaluate the benefits of growing vetchDr Ian Rochester and his team at CSIRO Plant Industry in Narrabri have conducted extensive field trials to identify just what vetch has to offer cotton farmers. .

The 2002 -03 drought was considered as one of the driest in Australian history, both in terms of severity and its extent (Federal Government's Drought Review Panel 2004). Cotton production was down 50%, while cattle, grain and sheep production were also negatively impacted.

Grasslands are perhaps often overlooked as providing benefits, but this unassuming orkforce' has many surprises to offer. Grassland restoration has benefits all round for soil health, pastureproduction, animal health as well as native grassland biodiversity

The average amount of time a watermolecule spends at a particularstage during its journey throughthe hydrologic cycle is known as theresidence time. The residence timeis calculated by dividing the totalamount of water at that stage bythe rate at which water is added andremoved from it.