This article will refer to narrow row cotton only as that currently being grown in 75 cm rows (30").

Okay, so what should I talk about?

There are increasing areas of cotton grown in regions which are prone to cool seasons, eg. the Darling Downs, the upper Namoi and upper Macquarie valleys.

As the first presentation on this topic I would like to very briefly outline the major advantages of producing an early crop.

It was once a commonly held belief in central Queensland that, because the potential cotton growing season was a long one, earliness was not an important management consideration.