The optimal moisture level needed to avoid soil compaction in cotton fields is well below previous recommendations, according to the latest research…Read More
Grain Central, May 20, 2019
The escalation in trade tensions between the United States and China is driving volatility in cotton and soybean markets and is likely to have a knock-on effect for Australian producers…Read More
Grain Central, May 14, 2019
Cotton picking is back in full swing in southern NSW where harvest has passed the halfway mark, while the majority of the crop has been taken off in the northern growing regions of Queensland and northern NSW…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 8, 2019
A long, drawn-out summer and limited water reserves have put the pinch on this year’s cotton crop, hitting dryland crops particularly hard and putting the pressure on irrigated production…Read More
Neil Lyon, April 3, 2019
Regional communities have welcomed the Federal Government’s move to bolster the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) presence in regional centres to 104 positions – or around one-third of its total staff…Read More
Grain Central, March 19, 2019
The Australia cotton crop is now estimated to produce 2.5 million bales, down 0.1 million bales or 4 per cent from last month and down 2.3 million bales or 48pc from last year, according to the latest monthly report from the USDA…Read More
Grain Central, March 11, 2019
World cotton production for the 2018/19 season is forecast up slightly, led by larger crops in China, Brazil, and Australia more than offsetting lower production in Turkey and India, according to the latest report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…Read More
Grain Central, February 11, 2019The cotton industry has come out fighting against a proposal by the South Australian-based Centre Alliance party to ban cotton exports, labelling the move a “political stunt”. ..Read More
Grain Central, February 4, 2019Farming is all about the management of five key elements – land, water, equipment, capital and people, according to north west New South Wales mixed farmer and Nuffield scholar, Daniel Kahl…Read More
Grain Central, February 1, 2019
Cotton pickers are rolling through the first of this season’s crops in Central Queensland (CQ), bringing in promising yields from the big percentage of crops that were sown early this season…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 24, 2019With triple-stacked herbicide tolerance traits in genetically modified cotton expected to be available to Australia within five years, research suggests that using more diverse strategies in weed control can add 20 years to the effective ‘life’ of this new herbicide tolerance technology…Read More
Grain Central, January 21, 2019China’s State Reserve (SR) stocks of cotton, which reached an estimated 60 million bales in the spring of 2014, are currently estimated at just under 13 million bales, according to the latest report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…Read More
Grain Central, December 14, 2018