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Compare the performance of varieties containing XtendFlex® in your local area

New CSD varieties to choose from

As growers consider their plans for next season, CSD has the varieties with the best genetics and technology which are providing promising yield potential.  

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Track every growth stage, optimise yield, and harness climate insights to confidently manage your crop.

HAVE YOU GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR PLANTING?

There are some key considerations that will help ensure planting sets the standard for the entire season and help pave the way towards achieving optimum crop growth, and ultimately yield.

Variety performance
comparision

Compare CSD varieties to help you make your planting decisions.

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Seed treatments

Variety performance

Soil Temperature Network

View weather stations with soil temperature sensors placed
across many regions of the cotton industry.

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Simulated time to estimated
first flower (STEFF)

CSD’s experimental tool to assist growers and agronomists to estimate
the date of first flower.

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Canopy Temperature Network

Simulated time to estimated first flower

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Variety Trial results

CSD Tools

Get access to a range of agronomic tools via your CSD membership.

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Cotton Fields Weather Network

Canopy Temperature Network

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Variety Trial results

Get the latest trial results covering all major cotton growing regions.

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New CSD varieties to choose from

Insights from CSD

Jun/Jul 2025 regional summaries

Bourke With the 2024/25 cotton season drawing to a close, a review of the records would suggest that this year has been pretty close to 2017/18 in terms of in-crop rainfall, cumulative day degrees, vert pressure and days above 40oC. However, it did deliver fewer cold...

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Managing cotton regrowth prior to harvest

Managing cotton regrowth prior to harvest

Recent high rainfall in some valleys has seen an increase in regrowth for many cotton fields due to delayed defoliations and picking. Cotton regrowth before harvest can delay picking, reduce picking efficiency, and increase moisture in modules that may negatively...

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