Why Cotton - Ben Dawson, Senior Agronomist from B&W Rural
Ben Dawson, Senior Agronomist from B&W Rural in Collarenebri recommends cotton to his local growers looking for an alternative summer crop.
Cotton Stories
Why Cotton - Bayer Territory Business Manager for Namoi and Walgett - Jack Sharp
Bayer Territory Business Manager for Namoi and Walgett - Jack Sharp - talks about why cotton can be an excellent crop rotation option, from advancements in biotech to simplified refuge requirements.
Why Cotton - Bernie Bierhoff talks about his experiences
Bernie Bierhoff - Farm Manager at Avondale Ag - has worked in the cotton industry for over 30 years. Here Bernie talks about the benefits of growing cotton and why he believes it is an excellent crop to consider adding ...
Why Cotton - Dr Kristen Knight, Head of the Bayer Research Centre
Dr Kristen Knight, Head of the Bayer Research Centre in Toowoomba, details how developments in cotton traits and biotechnology have simplified weed and insect control for cotton crops, making it an attractive option for ...
Research the key to cotton innovation at Dunedoo
Hear from new grower James Frampton, Dunedoo, talk about the challenges and learnings from pioneering cotton in a new region, and the support he received from the industry and other growers.
First cotton crop planted in Queensland's Lockyer Valley in 22 years
Mitch Brimblecombe, Moira Farmi
Modern Cotton: Steve - Edith Springs Station
Video created by NT Farmers Association. Approximately 1000 hectares of cotton is currently growing well in trial sites across the Northern Territory on five properties in Douglas Daly, Katherine and at Tipperary. ...
Modern Cotton: David - Tipperary Station
Video created by NT Farmers Association. Water efficiency and conservation is a priority for every Australian farmer. Around 80% of a future NT cotton industry is estimated to be rain-fed farming systems, also known as ...
Modern Cotton: Chris & Amanda - Bindaroo Pastures
Video created by NT Farmers Association. In 2019, over 4,500 bales of cotton were harvested by five growers at successful trial sites across the NT and Kimberly regions. Forecasts suggest that up to 400,000 bales of ...
Delungra growers are taking cotton to new heights
Hear from new grower, John Thompson, from Delungra who first planting cotton in 2016/17 – one of the most elevated cotton crop in Australia, planted at 650 metres above sea level. As the Australian cotton industry ...
Cotton a profitable option on Maryborough cane farm
A decision to plant cotton as an alternative crop to sugarcane has paid off for Ellison Maxwell, on his farm just south of Maryborough on Queensland’s Fraser Coast. A decision to plant cotton as an alternative crop to ...
Returns from cotton provide benefits in the drought for Texas grower
Returns from cotton provide benefits in the drought for Texas grower, Dennis Rush. Dennis Rush, who farms near Texas on the New South Wales-Queensland border around 100 km east of Goondiwindi, said introducing cotton ...
Cotton aiding weed control on Bellata country
In our latest Acres of Opportunity video, Bellata grower Grant Lowien shares how the introduction of cotton as a dryland summer crop option has enabled him to control problem weeds like Johnson's grass; along with the ...
Weed control and profitability pushing cotton into new areas
Delta-Ag agronomist Brett Cumberland talks about why summer crop growers in the Geurie district southwest of Dubbo in New South Wales are turning to cotton and how their first season is looking. Alternative weed control ...
Research the key to successful cotton at Dunedoo
James Frampton of 'Talbragar Park' at Dunedoo in central western New South Wales says the switch to cotton was made because of the good prices on offer but also to get on top of grass weeds from many years of growing ...
Cotton now a viable option on Deniliquin property
Deniliquin grower Lachlan Danckert talks about how the improvements in cotton technology, particularly insect resistance and weed control, helped him decide to grow cotton for the first time last season. Lachlan says ...
Better utilisation of moisture with cotton on Boomi property
Cotton has become a major summer crop in recent years on the Moloney family’s property at Boomi north of Moree in northern NSW. Ben Moloney discusses the benefits of cotton compared to sorghum and how he uses cotton as ...
Cotton and rice working together for Griffith enterprise
The success of cotton last season for traditional rice grower Chris Morshead who farms near Griffith in Southern NSW has meant it will become a major part of his enterprise in the future - in part due to the industry ...
Positive step into cotton for Dunedoo grower
It was a combination of good economics and weed control options that enticed Dunedoo grower, Brett Yeo to try cotton for the first time last season. A first try at cotton as a crop has been a success for Brett Yeo, who ...
Cotton rejuvenating southern NSW towns
The increase in cotton hectares in the Deniliquin region of southern NSW is helping rejuvenate the area, says cotton grower Greg Sandford, who first grew the crop in 2017-18. The increase in cotton hectares in the ...
Successful first try at dryland cotton for Emerald grower
A first try at dryland cotton has proved successful for Central Queensland grower, Warrick Stent-Smith, north-east of Emerald. Compared to the price of sorghum at the time, cotton was a far more profitable option, with ...
Forward-selling adding certainty to growing cotton
In this video, Dean Andrighetto of Yenda Producers talks about one of the drivers for growers in southern NSW to switch to cotton as a viable summer crop - the ability to forward-sell throughout the season. The ability ...
Improved varieties helping make cotton viable at Forbes
New cotton grower Robert Scott talks about improvements in varieties and technology, which have made cotton a viable option on his farm south-west of Forbes in Central West New South Wales. The improvement in varieties ...
2017 Monsanto Grower of the Year - Toscan's
"Once you start, you won't stop... you get a bit of an itch to grow it." Listen to 2017 Monsanto Cotton Grower of Year, Matt and James Toscan about their journey with growing cotton at Darlington Point, NSW. Tony, ...
New grower, Geoff Kirkby, says cotton has been “an awesome experience”
Geoff talks about his first time cotton growing experience and how the industry is right behind you from the start. Geoff Kirkby, whose farms 30 km east of Bellata near Moree, says growing cotton has been “an awesome ...