NRM/PESTICIDE INPUT EFFICIENCY: Using vegetative barriers to minimise spray drift on cotton farms
The establishment of vegetative barriers on cotton farms can greatly minimise the potential for spray drift to cause damage to sensitive areas.
ENERGY: Grower Summary of farm level benchmarking report
This two page summary outlines the key findings and recommendations from the Farm level benchmarking report of energy consumption in Australian cotton. Download the full report here, or click below to download the grower summary.
WATER: Evaluating furrow irrigation performance
If you want to produce more bales of cotton per ML of water used, an irrigation evaluation is an important tool
for improving your water use efficiency. The only way to maximise these efficiencies is to measure them.
During the 2006-07 cotton season, 47 furrow irrigation evaluations were successfully conducted by the then Cotton CRC Water Team across nine farms located in the Gwydir and Namoi Valleys. This fact sheet outlines the results.
DISEASE: Vert alert! Samples needed for surveillance
Further to the Vert Alert! re the new strain of defoliating verticilium, CottonInfo, NSW DPI and QLD DAF are asking cotton growers to look for Verticillium wilt disease symptoms and to send samples of suspect plants to the Department in their respective states.
WATER/NRM: DIY groundwater monitoring
This fact sheet investigates DIY groundwater monitoring: what to monitor, what equipment is needed, how often to monitor and what to do with the data.
WATER/NRM: Water and soil quality
This fact sheet outlines testing water and soil quality for pH, salinity risks and sodicity.
RAINGROWN: Information for raingrown (dryland) growers
This information sheet outlines the key sources of cotton RD&E information for raingrown (formerly dryland) cotton growers.
WATER: Measuring soil water using EM38 technology
This publication outlines the soil water monitoring instrument, the EM38, which uses electromagnetic induction to monitor soil water within the root zone. The EM38 provides an efficient means to monitor crop water use and plant available water in the soil profile throughout the growing season.
WATER: Cotton irrigation technology tour booklet
In February 2015, CottonInfo hosted irrigation technology field days at Emerald, Moree and Nevertire, taking leading cotton irrigation researchers on farm with cotton growers.
The field days gave CRDC-funded researchers the opportunity to update growers on their latest research and findings, and growers the opportunity to ask questions about how the technologies could be applied on their farms.
BIOSECURITY: Come Clean Go Clean
Come Clean Go Clean is one of the simplest yet most effective strategies for minimising the spread of weeds, diseases and pests. This fact sheet, developed by CottonInfo, NSW DPI, QLD DAF and the Grains Farm Biosecurity Program, outlines a 4-step best practice wash-down guide for machinery, vehicles and equipment.