This report covers the trip to attend the Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable (held 22/9), the ITMF ICCTM meeting (held 23/9) and the 2011 ITMA held September 22nd- 29th.

The 2011 Australian Cotton Comparative Analysis (ACCA) is the seventh report produced by Boyce Chartered Accountants in conjunction with the Cotton Research & Development Corporation (CRDC).

The Technology Transfer Project has had the responsibility of providing a public face for the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC. It promoted the cotton, NRM and community research industry and the wider public.

Gomeroi Country extends broadly from the Qld / NSW boarder region to Tamworth, Aberdeen/ Muswellbrook, Coonabarabran and Walgett. The Gomeroi people are the traditional owners of this Country.

The aim of the this collaborative project is to improve the long term viability of irrigated

enterprises in Western Australia by increasing their capacity to effectively assess

The overall objective of &quote;The Economics of BMP in Cotton&quote; project was to develop, adapt and promote economic analysis which supports the adoption of industry research outcomes relevant to cotton fa

On New Year's Day 2011, the peak of the Cornet River flood in Central Queensland

broke long standing record levels. The alluvial lower floodplain of the Comet River is

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),

The John Deere (JD) 7760 harvester has been taken up very quickly by the Australian cotton industry as these machines can harvest cotton virtually non-stop, making them very productive, requiring little labour as it d

Two ambitious objectives were set for this project.

Based on the data that has emerged from this project, the initial objectives were condensed to the following key issues of interest to the industry:

This project has delivered on two key areas.

In 2010, CRDC received a PRP from the Primary Industries Education Foundation (PIEF) to consider an investment.

The dyeing of cotton is influenced by chemical and physical interactions between dye molecules and the substrate, many of which are not well understood.

Australian irrigators are under increasing pressure to

maintain the viability of their farm businesses in the

face of reduced surface and ground-water allocations;

This project seeks to design, develop and test an integrated measuring tool that can be installed and recovered from the bed of streams and rivers.

PICSE Program: The Mission of the Primary Industry Centre for Science Education or PICSE is to: &quote;Increase participation in science professions that support primary industries&quote; The program aims to a

The following data is a time series of both the Australian and World cotton industries. The information is presented visually as a series of graphs

The intent of this guide is to give cotton growers information relating the impact of known concentrations of a herbicide on crop growth, exposed at a given crop growth stage, on crop growth and development and final

WEEDpak - A guide for integrated management of weeds in cotton .