Sustainability helps us manage what matters on our farms, and what matters to the people who buy our cotton products.
‘Sustainability’ is something that means different things to different people.
So let’s be clear up front why the Australian cotton industry is taking sustainability so seriously.
The summer edition of CRDC's magazine, Spotlight, continues the focus on sustainability, in line with the industry's current work to set new sustainability targets. Of significance is CRDC’s commitment to RD&E to improve fish health in our rivers, and a ground-breaking program with CRDC, Cotton Australia, CottonInfo, Landcare and clothing brand Country Road to improve the health of river red gums and riparian zones in the Namoi Valley.
CottonInfo is inviting you to a cotton crop walk at Benerembah, providing a first look at a cover crop trial of wheat and barley.
Date: Tuesday 17 November
Time: 8.30-9.30am
Location: De Bortoli Farms, Clark Rd Benerembah Griffith
For more: RSVP required to CottonInfo's Kieran O'Keeffe: kieran.okeeffe@cottoninfo.net.au, 0427 207 406
Date:
17/11/2020
CottonInfo and AgEcon have developed a suite of gross margins (GM) to provide an indication of the costs and revenues for growing 'best practice' cotton in a given season.
At the heart of IPM is the conservation of natural enemies. A key tactic in conserving natural enemies is making well-informed and rational pest management decisions supported by good sampling, valid control thresholds and knowledge of beneficial pests present in your crop. Well-informed and rational IPM decisions provide the best opportunity to reduce the overall need to spray, and hence help conserve beneficial species such as predatory insects, spiders, bats and birds.
A new partnership between iconic Australian brands Country Road and Landcare Australia is set to improve biodiversity on cotton farms, with support from CRDC, Cotton Australia and CottonInfo.
This article applies what we have learnt about cotton growth and development in the CQ environment and look at what to expect once the decision is made to grow the crop on.
(Whether or not a field should be retained vs abandoned will not be covered here, as crop insurance and a range of other factors will affect that decision-making process when significant damage has been sustained.)
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Find details of current on-farm trials, and explore our range of tools to help manage weeds, conserve biodiversity, and improve soil health.
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