Final Report - Digital soil mapping available water content in the Lower Macquarie Valley, NSW

The Cotton export market is highly competitive and when it comes to quality Australia needs to be the world's best.

This report presents the experimental work and outcomes of the project that commenced in 2006 and was completed on 30 June 2010 (03DAN001).

The intention of this report is to provide the Australian Cotton Industry with information on the performance of the 2008 crop in regard to content and short fibre content as tested by the AFIS PRO instrument, finenes

This project aimed to identify means to improve nutrient use-efficiency in Australian cotton production systems and to improve soil health/fertility.

The following industry take home messages are a summary of practical findings pertinent

to growers and industry personnel:

The regional extension positions were part of the Cotton CRC National Cotton Extension Team which has worked on an industry-wide scale to take a knowledge management approach to deliver grower focused, participatory a

This project has tackled the scientific challenge of predicting the key parameters of interest to the spinning mill manager from fibre quality measurements.

The objectives of the project were to (i) develop techniques for evaluating insecticide efficacy against solenopsis mealybug, and (ii) evaluate the efficacy of a range of insecticides that have potential to provide ef

A preliminary water balance was carried out for the Maules Creek catchment to assist in the establishment of an appropriate conceptual model for the aquifer-river system.

Improving the efficiency of water use in agriculture is increasingly essential to maintain the

profitability and sustainability of farms. This involves applying only the minimum necessary

The Australian Cotton Industry has always been held in high regard by the

Australian and World Agricultural sectors due to its innate ability to focus on and

Expectations for industries to manage resources in a sustainable manner raise the question of how industries can demonstrate their sustainability credentials.

The Murray Darling Basin is Australia’s largest agricultural area and a major user of water for irrigation.

The 2008–09 year has seen extensive development of the online portal to support myBMP, the web-based version of the industry’s environmental management system, Best Management Practices.

n September 2006 the Namoi Catchment Management Authority (Namoi CMA) and

the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC)

The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation (NPSl) and Irrigation Australia Limited

(IAL) engaged GHD Hassallto develop a framework for future irrigation research,

Future Australian and international policy directions may require industries to account for their

resource use and emissions. Rural primary industries utilise several types of resources and produce

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Whereas the use of gypsum for the amelioration of sodic soils under dryland and

irrigated agricultural systems has been relatively well studied, experiments investigating lime

This is the third of our four reports for the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC project entitled: Innovative Regional Businesses and Options for Economic Growth in Cotton Communities. It has two components.