Situated in the Dry Tropics, the Burdekin is Australia’s largest tropical irrigation area and is home to a vibrant range of agricultural industries.

Soil organic carbon storage in four irrigated cotton cropping systems sown on permanent beds in a cracking clay with subsoil sodicity was determined over a 9-year period in a trial near Narrabri, NSW.

Herbicide damage is an ever increasing challenge for much of the cotton industry due largely to:

. the increasing complexity in the farming system (with a wide range of herbicides used),

Whilst managing for fibre quality is in the title of this presentation, most of the focus is on yield.