16 July, 2021
Looking back at the 2020-21 season, yields are better than expected. Despite a late crop, most growers have been pleasantly surprised by their yield outcomes. Within farms and valleys there has also been a significant mix of the good and the bad. Regarding quality, most regions are securing...
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18 June, 2021
The 2020-21 cotton season is steadily progressing throughout Northern Australia, with picking of dryland crops well underway in the Northern Territory and crops cutting out or close to picking across North and Western Queensland. In WA’s Ord River region, crops still have a way to go, after...
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20 May, 2021
CottonTracka™ (patent pending) is a cotton crop visualisation tool currently in development by CSD to assist Australian cotton growers, consultants and agronomists achieve better outcomes through monitoring cotton crop growth and development. Features include a full record of crop data and...
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26 April, 2021
In late March, the Gwydir and Mehi rivers experienced major flooding which significantly affected cotton crops around the Moree area and downstream. Close to 200mm of rainfall fell over three days onto soils that were already near full moisture capacity, which resulted in a rapid increase in...
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05 March, 2021
COVID-19 has made social gatherings challenging in the past 12 months and has placed restrictions around people getting together and transferring and extending information. This has not stopped the enthusiasm across the cotton industry and this year CSD’s Field Day hosted around 90 people,...
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23 February, 2021
CSIRO and Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) have been working together since 1971, with over 116 varieties released to the Australian market. In 2007, CSIRO and CSD formed Cotton Breeding Australia (CBA), which is a joint venture with a targeted research to facilitate the research and development...
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23 February, 2021
Establishment is one of the most important factors in getting a cotton crop off to a good start and achieving uniformity across the field. Darling Downs dryland cotton grower, John ‘Cowboy’ Cameron is well known for his finely tuned approach to establishment, even winning the FastStartTM...
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26 November, 2020
With 2020 seeming to be the year for everything to go wrong, one positive is the widespread rainfall seen across the majority of NSW and one of the biggest winter crops in years currently being harvested. However, the cool conditions during the majority of October has led to increased pest and...
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26 October, 2020
Research and Development (R&D) at CSD extends beyond planting seed into issues growers face throughout the cotton production season – whether it be disease, management or plant physiology related. The types of trials in our program are heavily influenced by current issues in the industry,...
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21 September, 2020
This season, planting started in the first week of August for growers in Central Queensland. The forecasted area for the region is 7,500 hectares, which will be planted in the first planting window. The majority of early planted cotton has been dry sown with an irrigation to follow, with the...
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31 August, 2020
CSD has a commitment to quality which is focused on the needs of the Australian cotton grower. To meet this commitment CSD produces and tests all seed to internationally accepted protocols (such as the OECD Seed Scheme and International Seed Testing Association/Association of Official Seed...
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09 July, 2020
Cotton production 2020-21 The global cotton crop is forecast to fall by 2.8%, driven by an anticipated fall in the price of cotton. Reduction of the cotton price is due to a combination of cotton mill interruptions during 2020, coupled with low oil prices and competition from synthetic fibre....
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