Fish entrainment is the situation where river and channel pumps remove fish from natural waterways and these fish are unable to return to the river, impacting the long-term resilience and health of aquatic ecosystems within our inland river systems. This fact sheet talks about mitigation considerations for irrigators.
Verticillium wilt is caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Vertillicum dahliae. The pathogen has a large range of hosts and is easily spread through soil and machinery. A strong integrated disease management (IDM) strategy is crucial for managing for Verticillium wilt. For more detail on the disease and management, visit the CottonInfo website or read the annual Cotton Pest Management Guide.
A new John Deere round bale cotton picker costs about $1.3m+, making it one of the most expensive agricultural machines available in Australia and a major capital expenditure decision for any farm business.
Northern Australia cotton growers (NT, Nth Qld, WA) are encouraged to monitor and report any unusual symptoms in their crops, following the recent confirmation of grey mildew disease, caused by the fungal pathogen Ramulariopsis sp.
If you see anything unusual on your farm, call the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline: 1800 084 881.
An integrated weed management system relies on a large number of interrelated, complementary components including both chemical and non-chemical
tactics as well as cultural practices such as rotation, crop competition, farm hygiene, and crop scouting.
Click below to download your copy of the Integrated Weed Managed Tactics PDF document.
In this fact sheet, we look at a particular type of enhanced efficiency fertiliser (EEF): urease inhibitor, and how it may help improve your return on fertiliser investment.
This fact sheet introduces the CottonInfo team for new cotton growers.
This fact sheet can be printed for new farm staff and provides QR code links to basic information on irrigation management as a quick reference.
During the 2020/21 season, QDAF and the NSW DPI entomology teams undertook insect sampling for the purpose of resistance testing. This fact sheet provides a summary of the results.
Black root rot (BRR) occurs in all cotton growing regions however the regions that experience cooler planting temperatures show higher incidence and severity of the disease. Cooler starting temperatures will slow cotton seedling development and it makes it difficult for seedlings to ‘outrun’ disease.
This fact sheet outlines management strategies and recent research into black root rot.