UNE 1501 – ‘ Phosphorus availability in raingrown cotton’, was conducted at ‘Colonsay’, via Brookstead, on the Darling Downs in Queensland, at a long term nutrition site, owned and maintained by Incitec Pivot for 30 y

A new buzzword has swept dryland cotton growing areas this season. Super Singles is being trialled over around 18,000 ha West of Moree this year. What are Super Singles?

Australian cotton fibre is exported into a dynamic and competitive market and we need to ensure an ever-improving product to meet the demand from spinners.

The Australian cotton industry has now had three seasons of commercial scale use of Bollgard II, the two Bt gene product developed by Monsanto for insertion into cotton for control of Heliothis.

A strip tiller machine was assembled and used prior to cotton planting this season. Some practical problems associated with heavy clay soils showed up, and are being addressed.