Deep drainage and runoff, combined with poor nitrogen fertiliser practice, is resulting in significant nitrogen losses in early season irrigation.

There is an increasing use of spreaders for application of urea in the cotton industry.

Black Root rot (Thielaviopsis basicola) BRR is a major threat to cotton production in southern and central NSW. It has a wide host range of more than 230 species of plants (Pereg 2013).

This travel was undertaken to participate in the CRDC one day forum on 'Soil Constraints' held at Moree on the 14th July.

Cotton Mealybugs have moved south from Central Queensland with confirmed sightings on the Darling Downs and in the Macintyre Valley in January & February 2017.