Irrigation scheduling involves applying the right amount of water, in the right place at the right time in order to maximise production and improve water use efficiency.
Soil moisture monitoring tools are commonly used in the irrigation industry to assist cotton growers with their scheduling decisions. They provide soil moisture information at a specific location within a field.
This fact sheet from CottonInfo's water use efficiency team outlines more.
There has been an increase in the use of super single (33 per cent planted area) row configurations in raingrown cotton in areas where rainfall is unreliable; and alternate row (50 per cent planted area) configurations instead of double row to take advantage of equidistant spacing to improve yield and quality. To allow raingrown growers to choose the appropriate row configurations, information on differences in relative yield and quality potential is important.
Growing raingrown (dryland) cotton has become easier in recent times due to major improvements in the farming system.
This booklet, brought to you by a collective of cotton organisations - including CottonInfo, Cotton Australia, Cotton Seed Distributors, CRDC, AgriRisk, Crop Consultants Australia, CGS and Monsanto - outlines the key information growers need to know when considering raingrown as a rotational crop: from benefits and returns to marketing, row spacing, and insect and weed control.
This fact sheet, one of the CottonInfo Integrated Disease Management (IDM) fact sheets series, looks at the IDM strategies to control seedling diseases.
This fact sheet, one of the CottonInfo Integrated Disease Management (IDM) fact sheets series, looks at the IDM strategies to control reniform nematode.
This fact sheet, one of the CottonInfo Integrated Disease Management (IDM) fact sheets series, looks at the IDM strategies to control fusarium wilt.
This fact sheet, one of the CottonInfo Integrated Disease Management (IDM) fact sheets series, looks at the IDM strategies to control cotton bunchy top.
This fact sheet, one of the CottonInfo Integrated Disease Management (IDM) fact sheets series, looks at the IDM strategies to control boll rot, seed rot and tight lock.
This series from CottonInfo and NSW DPI outlines exotic cotton pests and diseases, including key information on what to look for, how the pest or disease is spread, and what to do if you suspect it on your farm.
Exotic pests and diseases covered include: Bacterial blight, Cotton leaf curl disease, Cotton blue disease, Fusarium wilt, Texas root rot, Cotton boll weevil and Tarnished plant bug.