Cotton news

  • Australia’s myBMP Program Continues to Gain Momentum

    As more and more growers participate in myBMP program, there is a greater emphasis on the wide-reaching benefits of the program. Cotton Australia’s team of regional managers, alongside a network of certified myBMP advisors, are available to provide one-on-one support to growers.

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  • 2014 Australian Cotton Industry Award Recipients Announced

    More than 1,000 people gathered to celebrate the recipients of the 2014 Australian Cotton Industry Awards at a ceremony held at the Gold Coast in August. The Awards program recognises excellence and achievement in Australia’s cotton industry throughout the supply chain, from growers and ginners to product suppliers, consultants, agronomists and researchers.

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  • 2014 Crop Management Seminar

    Cotton Incorporated will host the 2014 Crop Management Seminar (CMS) on November 11th & 12th in Tifton, GA. The objective for this biennial event is to facilitate the exchange of information between the research community and end-users, including county extension agents, crop consultants and other advisers who support cotton producers.

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  • Cotton Water Use in Australia Improves by 40% New Report Shows

    A major survey of the water management practices of 40 irrigators from Central Queensland to southern NSW in the three cotton-growing seasons of 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2012-13 have shown a dramatic improvement in water use efficiency across the industry. NSW Department of Primary Industries irrigation officer Janelle Montgomery, Moree, said the surveys were a benchmark or the industry because they confirmed that there had been a 40 per cent increase in water use efficiency over the past 10 years.

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  • Cotton Australia and New South Wales Irrigators Council Launch Energy Efficiency Pilot Project

    As part of a strategy to reduce energy use in Australia’s irrigation sector, Cotton Australia in collaboration with the NSW Irrigators Council (NSWIC) have engaged with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) to set up an Energy Efficiency Pilot Project. The pilot will consist of 7 to 10 subsidised on-farm energy efficiency audits the development of specific business cases that will detail potential energy efficiency opportunities on-farm.

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  • Cotton LEADS℠ Program Receives Nod From More Than 200 Textile Businesses

    Companies signing on include: Target Corporation, AEON TopValu, Fountain Set, American & Efird, and Operadora LOB. The Cotton LEADS℠ program, launched in October of 2013, has attained more than 200 partners across the global cotton textile supply chain.

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  • Cotton Has Modest Nitrogen Needs

    Research Identifies Minimum Nitrogen Requirements To Optimize Yield and Minimize Environmental Impacts Nitrogen (N) is often the nutrient applied in greatest quantity to cotton and the nutrient that is most chemically dynamic in the environment. While a standard N recommendation for cotton has been 50-55 lbs. N/480 lb. bale, small-seeded, modern cotton cultivars might require ess N than did those previously grown.

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  • New Cotton Research Hub Opens in Australia

    Cotton Australia Chairman, Lyndon Mulligan, attended the opening of the Cotton Research Hub in Armidale on 4 July, 2014. The new hub is a part of the University of New England (UNE) and forms a partnership between UNE and the CRDC.

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