n September 2006 the Namoi Catchment Management Authority (Namoi CMA) and

the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC)

Wincott, in conjunction with GTT, facilitated three workshops in Goondiwindi with renowned organisational psychologist, facilitator and social researcher Ian Plowman.

Wincott continues to provide the cotton industry with a network of support, to collect and disseminate information, educate and train, in a friendly environment.

This project aimed to identify means to improve nutrient use‐efficiency in Australian

cotton production systems and to improve soil health/fertility. The NutriLOGIC DSS

Future Australian and international policy directions may require industries to account for their

resource use and emissions. Rural primary industries utilise several types of resources and produce

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Whereas the use of gypsum for the amelioration of sodic soils under dryland and

irrigated agricultural systems has been relatively well studied, experiments investigating lime

Diminishing water supply, changing weather patterns and pressure to enhance environmental flows are making it imperative to optimise water use efficiency (WUE) on cotton/grain farming systems.

Thielaviopsis basicola is a hemibiotroph fungus that causes black root rot disease in diverse plants with significant impact on cotton production in Australia. To elucidate how T.

In pesticide science, research and modelling by private companies exceeds that carried out by public organisations (e.g. USDA & EPA in the USA) – e.g.

‘Cotton Fusarium Wilt Management’, had a number of objectives to obtain data to improve the management of this disease.

This project brought together information on farm dam management with recent research on

evaporation mitigation, new case studies and improved an online calculator to estimate costs with

Due to ongoing drought there has been a decline in both investment dollars and human resources in this cotton growing area.

This project supports the ongoing development of IPM in cotton by targeting emerging pest issues, and inappropriate management which may threaten IPM. Key outcomes were:

The ‘Regional Cotton Extension Officer’ has played a key role in improving the uptake of research

within the Cotton Industry by jointly working with the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative

René van der Sluijs and Geoff Naylor travelled to New Zealand in April 2009 on the invitation of the Textile Institute to present papers on the Australian Cotton Industry.

These regional extension positions are a part of the Cotton CRC National Cotton Extension Team which has worked on an industry‐wide scale to take a knowledge management approach to deliver grower focused, participator

Vision: “Australian cotton, carefully grown, naturally world’s best”

By 2029 the Australian cotton industry will be:

CRDC's Annual Operating Plan for 2010–11 (AOP): the third annual operating plan under the CRDC's Strategic R&D Plan 2008–2013.

Community Conversations - a historical geography of cotton farming in NSW and QLD adaptation and adoption

This report builds on and applies the first three stages of the study, Exploring Between Community Resilience & Irrigated Agriculture in the MDB,1 to address the following questions:What are likely to be the s