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Cotton industry looks to use waste for soil health

Cotton industry looks to use waste for soil health

Wasted cotton textiles will return to the ground where they were grown as part of an innovative waste reduction and soil health project.

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Insurance alliance for sustainable cotton

Insurance alliance for sustainable cotton

Cotton Australia and insurer Achmea have teamed up to offer growers participating in CA's sustainability scheme better rates.

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Y is it so? Buried undies reveal soil health secrets

Y is it so? Buried undies reveal soil health secrets

They may not look like much, but pairs of decomposing old undies are giving researchers new understanding of the nation's soil health.

Cotton yields smashed to 37 year lows by drought

Cotton yields smashed to 37 year lows by drought

ABS data confirmed what people already suspected about the horror 19-20 cotton season - it was the worst in 37 years.

Project aims for better engagement on spray drift

Project aims for better engagement on spray drift

A new project aiming at improving grower knowledge of spray drift through 'gamification' will be rolled out in cotton growing regions in NSW

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Information the first step in fixing water market issues

Information the first step in fixing water market issues

The ACCC says better information surrounding water markets will be essential in creating a solution to current market woes in the MDB.

Field of dreams at Etta Plains

Field of dreams at Etta Plains

North west Queensland's broadacre cropping industry is forging ahead, thanks to a swathe of plantings of cotton and cereal crops in the Julia Creek region.

Cotton to benefit from return to normality

Cotton to benefit from return to normality

Cotton prices should firm in the medium term on the back of a post-COVID-19 increase in demand, but synthetics will take market share.

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'Walk-away' cotton growing shows promise in Central Highlands

'Walk-away' cotton growing shows promise in Central Highlands

Limited water on the Central Highlands has pushed cotton growers to find alternative farming practices.

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New app to help keep cotton growers from a sticky situation

New app to help keep cotton growers from a sticky situation

Developers are turning to ag-tech solutions to help mitigate silverleaf whitefly damage in cotton crops.

Queen's Birthday Honours for Saltmere and Knight

Queen's Birthday Honours for Saltmere and Knight

Two great north west Queenslanders - Indigenous leader Colin Saltmere and Professor Sabina Knight - have been granted membership of the Order of Australia.

Australian Age of Dinosaurs upgrades to drive tourists to Winton

Australian Age of Dinosaurs upgrades to drive tourists to Winton

New additions to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum are expected to drive additional tourists to Winton and its surrounds.

Supplementation paying off

IT WAS with the aim to improve on-property operations efficiency including the associated cost-saving benefits that saw Collinsville grazier Bruce Smith decide to call on the expertise of Norm Basford and the team at Pastoral & Feedlot Systems Australasia Pty Ltd (PFSA) who has been specialising in developing water supplementation systems for over 20 years.