A knowledge system model to improve the effectiveness of the transfer of(irrigation)

information to growers was developed and tested. Knowledge can be described as

This project aimed to develop farming systems and extension materials and processes that support growers in producing high yielding / high fibre quality cotton more consistently, profitably and sustainably.

Barbara Grey is an irrigated cotton farmer from Mungindi, in SW Qld, and the 2011 Rural Women’s Award Winner for Qld, and National Runner-up.

Attendance at the International Committee for Cotton Test Methods (ICCTM) Meeting, the 31st International Cotton Conference Bremen and visit to the USDA cotton testing laboratory in New Orleans, USA.

Darlington Point in 1964 and the CSIRO conducted a cotton breeding program for many years at Griffith. Cotton was the first row crop grown on Ravensworth Station at Hay and Kooba Station at Darlington Point.

During my two visits to the emerging cotton areas in southern NSW early January and early March, 2012, I was able to meet with all but three of the key people supplying agronomic advice to the cotton area.

The project, Regeneration of floodplain vegetation in response to large-scale flooding in the Condamine-Balonne and Border Rivers, was a collaboration between the Cotton CRC, QLD DERM, NSW Office of Water and the Aust

The Sicala 340BRF fibre grown commercially over the last three seasons generally produced a fibre with variable quality.

Transgenic (Bt) cotton has provided major benefits for the Australia cotton industry (e.g. control of Helicoverpa and reduced pesticide use), but the possibility of Bt resistance in these insects is a major threat.

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CRDC's Annual Operating Plan for 2012-13 (AOP): the fifth (and final) annual operating plan under the CRDC's Strategic R&D Plan 2008-2013.

Over the last decade, grape growers in SE South Australia have had their water entitlements converted to volumetric allocations, experienced a reduction in annual rainfall and seen a rise in the salinity of groundwate

This season's results show the potential for damage to cotton crops from resdues of Hussar, Intervix, Spinnaker and Lontrel, with reductions in plant stand, seedling vigour, crop development and yield recorded.

To promote Australian Long Staple Cotton (ALS) large-scale spinning trials were carried out in China in late 2010 using Sicala 340BRF. Six major mills in China participated in the trials.

The aim of this new 3 year project is to map the Australian cotton industry and to catalogue the extent of cotton research

During the last 5 years we have been researching the feasibility of cotton production in the Burdekin region of north Queensland.

Water use is an important and well researched issue in the cotton industry.

About 1,000,000 tons of textile fibre wastes are generated each year in Australia, of which about 900,000 tons goes to landfill.

The Cotton Industry needs to demonstrate that its practices are sustainable (and communicate this to the community and government).