2023-24 Cotton Pest Management Guide

The annual Cotton Pest Management Guide provides you with a comprehensive summary of the key cotton crop protection issues and is brought to you by the organisations responsible for cotton industry research, development and extension (RD&E): the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) and CottonInfo.

This year's edition of the CPMG includes new guidelines for monitoring and managing retention in high-yielding Bollgard 3 crops, as well as information on guava root-knot nematode and Ramularia leaf spot.

2023 Australian Cotton Production Manual

The 2023 Australian Cotton Production Manual is a critical reference tool for cotton growers.

The manual is a one-stop-shop for growers, outlining all the various decisions that need to be made on-farm in preparation for, and during, cotton production. The manual provides an understanding of cotton physiology, and discusses important considerations for both productivity and profitability.

Defoliation: Optimising your end of season management

This CottonInfo produced harvest preparation and defoliation guide will help you to better understand:

  • How defoliation and boll opening works.
  • Important steps for harvest preparation before you defoliate.
  • The impact of environment and crop factors on harvest aid performance.
  • The mode of action for defoliants, boll openers and desiccants.
  • Crop maturity for timely harvest aid application.
  • How to improve defoliant application efficacy. 

Repair or replace: Line shaft vs submersible pumps

As traditional line-shaft pumps reach the end of their life, what are the options for irrigators? While line-shaft pumps may be more efficient per unit of energy, there are advantages of changing to submersible pumps. This report, from AgEcon for CRDC and CottonInfo, reviews the repair and replacement options as well as important considerations for monitoring and maintaining pump performance to ensure least-cost per megalitre extraction.

 

 

Solar Energy – Policy setting and applications to cotton production

This study examines energy policy initiatives such as the Emissions Reduction Fund and Renewable Energy Target and how incentives can be applied to irrigated cotton production. Advances in solar technology, grid connections and feed in tariffs provide an insight into the future of renewable technology and energy use in cotton production. This report provides the background context for ongoing feasibility studies of hybrid renewable installations on irrigation farms.

Improving energy efficiency: Farm level benchmarking report of energy consumption in Australian cotton

Energy is one of the fastest growing on-farm costs (electricity costs alone have increased by around 350 percent since 2000). To help growers cut costs and improve their on-farm energy efficiency, CRDC, NCEA and CottonInfo (with support from the Department of Industry and Science) have been delivering the Improving energy efficiency on irrigated cotton farms project over the past two years, including delivering on-farm energy-audits to growers. 

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