CSD Cotton Management Knowledge Library
10 reasons to get the Green Light for Planting
10 reasons to get the Green Light for Planting Planting your cotton crop sets the standard for the entire season. The temptation to plant early may be strong, however waiting until conditions are optimal paves the way for a successful crop with higher yield potential...
Pre-season maintenance
Pre-season maintenance Before heading to the field, a pre-season check of your planter is a must to help achieve the desired plant population and uniformity. Neglecting planter maintenance can impact your entire growing season, leading to uneven emergence, gappy...
Smart data, strong crops: Why CSD Members are farming with an edge
Smart data, strong crops: Why CSD Members are farming with an edge In cotton farming, there’s one thing you can count on: no two seasons are ever the same. The weather, pests, markets—there’s always a new challenge waiting. The growers who come out on top are the...
Why choose to grow cotton in Southern NSW?
Why choose to grow cotton in Southern NSW? Deniliquin growers are welcome to come along to our free Cotton Growing Forum on the 3rd of September to hear about the advantages of producing cotton as part of their farming system. The cotton industry in Southern New South...
CSD 20 saw to commercial comparison
CSD 20 saw to commercial comparison CSD currently runs all its trials through a 20 saw Cherokee gin stand. This provides a single cleaner ahead of the saws, which separate the lint and seed, and a final lint cleaner before we gather samples for classing. Why does CSD...
Benefit of Nitrogen Fertilizer Inhibitor
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Evolving Trial Methods: Enhancing Data Quality and Speed for Agronomic Insight
Evolving Trial Methods: Enhancing Data Quality and Speed for Agronomic Insight As part of our continued commitment to deliver timely trial results, we are transitioning to a new approach in how harvest and ginning data is captured and reported in CSD’s trial results....
Differences in how cotton varieties grow, and why it’s important? An XtendFlex® update
Larissa Holland, Michael Bange and the CSD Extension Team At a glance This study aimed to analyse the developmental and growth patterns of CSD's varieties containing Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® traits and determine if they differ significantly from previous Bollgard 3...
Determine which variety to choose – an introduction to CSD’s variety performance comparison tool
Do you find yourself looking at variety trials in isolation and wondering how to tie trial results together? Whether that is over your region or several years to get a full picture of variety performance? That’s where the Variety Performance Comparison Tool (VPC) on...
Comparison of Siokra 253B3XF with both Sicot 606B3F and Sicot 748B3F
The 2024/25 season saw the commercial release of four varieties containing the Bollgard® 3 and XtendFlex® technology. There has been some discussion in the industry as to the need for these new varieties when the industry is serviced by such fantastic varieties such...