Irrigating cotton requires balancing excessive vegetative growth due to abundant water supply against limited yield potential due to water restriction. In addition, there is the need to minimise the risk of waterlogging from rainfall after an irrigation application, and maximise the opportunity to userainfall productively.

Rivers provide essential ecosystem services by carrying water, nutrients and even seeds to regenerate our landscapes. Leave riparian land uncultivated to trap sediments and nutrients and keep the rivers clean.

Energy is one of the fastest growing on-farm costs (electricity costs alone have increased by around 350 percent since 2000). To help growers cut costs and improve their on-farm energy efficiency, CRDC, NCEA and CottonInfo have been delivering the Improving energy efficiency on irrigated cotton farms project over the past two years, including delivering on-farm energy-audits to growers. This benchmarking report of direct energy consumption (diesel and electricity use) on our cotton farms, based on the findings of 198 whole-farm energy assessments.

This survey of cotton growing practices on the 2010-11 season was undertaken for the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC) and Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC). It sought to establish the adoption of key farming practices by cotton growers to inform review of the impact and adoption of past research and future planning of research directions

The Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis provides the industry benchmark for the economics of cotton growing in Australia. The report focuses on the economics of the 2013 crop from growers across the different cotton-growing valleys. It also presents trends that have been measured against more than 10 years of data. The Cotton Comparative Analysis is a joint initiative of CRDC and Boyce Chartered Accountants.

CRDC hosted a Futures Forum (Dec 2013) where key industry participants considered the future of the Australian cotton industry and the type of R&D investments that will make the industry profitable, sustainable and competitive into the future. The Forum was a starting point to help the CRDC identify areas of key priority for investment into the future.

The Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis provides the industry benchmark for the economics of cotton growing in Australia. The report focuses on the economics of the 2014 crop from growers across the different cotton-growing valleys. It also presents trends that have been measured against more than 10 years of data. The Cotton Comparative Analysis is a joint initiative of CRDC and Boyce Chartered Accountants.

Key findings for Narrabri include:. Narrabri population has been steadily declining over the last two decades with significant losses in the 15-24 year old age bracket.. Narrabri has a high rate of participation at 9% in higher and adult education.. Agriculture is a dominant industry in Narrabri and accounts for 29% of the GRP and 70% of the exports from the region.. Scientific research is an important component of the Narrabri economy.. Of the communities studied, Narrabri has the highest proportion of people with tertiary qualifications

The social and economic conditions of Cotton Catchment Communities have been documented in a set of case studies. The project The Socio-economic Impact of the Australian Cotton Industry of Regional Communities in NSW and Queensland was undertaken during 2007-08 analysing population census and other data to describe the social and economic conditions and to provide direction for the future development of those communities.

Birds, bats, spiders, wasps and other predatory insects contribute to pest control in the crop this is your natural workforce. To reap the benefit of your natural workforce, simply look after the bushland on your farm.