A survey was conducted to ascertain the presence of feral cotton plants in off-farm drainage areas and along roadsides associated with cotton production and transport throughout Queensland and parts of northern NSW.

The Bourke region has experienced a dramatic expansion of irrigated agriculture, especially cotton production, over the last decade.

Traditional methods of generating soil information on the field scale have involved the design and adoption of soil sampling regimes and laboratory analysis.

This paper describes the results of a two season pilot study assessing the utility of Landsat TM satellite data for identifying and mapping land cover in jinxed agricultural regions.