Small palaeochannels located in irrigated cotton fields have been identified as areas of potential high deep drainage (Triantafilis et al. 2003).

To quantify and explain patterns of soil compaction caused by cotton pickers and to develop a set of practical recommendations for minimising soil damage during harvesting operations.

This paper communicates further the findings, pertaining to the John Deere 7760 (JD7760) round module picker, of the Cotton Growing Practices 2013 industry survey and current research at the National Centre for Engine

This was a summer scholarship aimed at providing some experience/expertise to University of Southern Queensland student, Johanna Nielson in pathology starting with a well known pathogen.

The purpose of the travel was to attend the 5th Joint Australian and New Zealand Soil

Science Conference in Hobart, Tasmania from the 2-7 December 2012 to present the