We are pleased to advise members that we have made accessing the CSD website and CottonTracka® easier. Feedback from members made it clear that the CSD website and CottonTracka login process was causing a degree of frustration. CSD have now implemented an upgrade to...

This season planting started in the first week of August in Central Queensland. The forecasted area at this stage for Central Queensland is 12, 500 hectares, which will be planted in the first half of the planting window. The majority of early planted cotton has been...

As the 2021-22 planting season rolls around, it’s a timely opportunity to take a closer look at a vital part of CSD’s team, the CSD Farm and its staff. The origin of what is now known as CSD Farms began in 2000 when ‘Little Mollee’ was purchased on the Culgoora Road,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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...