29 November, 2019
While most regions are down on area this season due to the prolonged drought, we are ‘one day closer to it breaking’. Many growers have fields ready to go when we get good rain in November and December. We also know how quickly some of our major dams can fill, as seen in 2012 and 2016. While...
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23 October, 2019
With planting well underway, the 2019-20 cotton season has officially kicked off in most growing valleys across Australia. As with most of the Eastern seaboard, cotton growers are facing limited water resources this season, meaning that most growers have had to cut their planting areas...
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03 October, 2019
Sowing and establishment is a critical time in cotton production, so simple rules based on soil temperatures and air temperature forecasts have been developed to help guide growers with the decision making. However, in some areas the soil temperature sensor network used to inform cotton sowing...
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16 September, 2019
Planting started on the 7th of August in Central Queensland this season. With a cold change in mid-August and soil temperature falling below 14°C at planting, watering was stopped until conditions improved. In previous seasons, the early planted crops in particular have been quite successful,...
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19 August, 2019
The Australian cotton industry is continuing to expand and evolve, with the 2018-19 season seeing cotton planted from the NSW/VIC border, right through to Central Queensland and in pockets of far Northern QLD, NT and WA. The extended planting window means that cotton seed is being ordered and...
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31 July, 2019
After a year-long upgrade and review process, CSD has launched a new website, enabling growers, advisors and industry participants to access information, tools and reports quicker and more easily than ever before. The new website features a streamlined, modern design, improved functionality...
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27 June, 2019
In most of the cotton valleys across eastern Australia, the 2018-19 cotton season is all but wound up. The vast majority of fields have been picked, mulched and all kinds of ground work have been done in preparation for either a winter crop, or a fallow until the next crop goes in the ground....
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17 May, 2019
The 2019 CSD Cotton Management Tour (CMT) is on its way again. This year the CSD Extension & Development (E&D) team kick off in Emerald on the 12th of June and then head south in July. With the current dry conditions the CMT will have a focus on growing cotton under dry/limited water...
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03 May, 2019
With the pickers and (largely) strippers are now rolling across the dryland cotton crop, it would be safe to assume that most growers and consultants will be happy to see the end of this season. But despite some very tough drought conditions dominating the dryland cotton landscape, there are...
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28 March, 2019
After 22 years at Cotton Seed Distributors and a total of 34 years in the wider cotton industry, Philip Steel is retiring. After spending 11 years with the NSW Department of Agriculture as a regulatory officer, setting up quality assurance systems for cotton export products, Phil joined CSD in...
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28 March, 2019
This week, CSD hosted the six-monthly strategic planning meeting for the joint venture between Bayer, CSD and CSIRO focussing on cotton germplasm exchange, trait access and a global review of the cotton industry. As part of the meeting, the group was also able to tour local cotton research...
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25 March, 2019
The 2018 -2019 summer has been described as one of the hottest summers on record. High day temperatures, when combined with high night temperatures can affect plant transpiration processes and fibre production, and therefore yields. Fibre quality, namely micronaire, can be affected because of...
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