CGS Summer Crop Seminars are on again beginning in Goodniwindi 11th September 2019

02-Sep-2019

CSD Crop Management Tour Continues

01-Jul-2019

CSD’s annual Cotton Management Tour is hitting the road again in 2019, covering all the major cotton growing regions throughout Queensland and NSW. All cotton growers, consultants and industry members are invited to attend.

A Good Drop to Lift Spirits

22-Oct-2018

Some much needed rain has fallen over the past week with up to 80mm in places over the last 10 days. This is a very welcoming and uplifting sight and has allowed growers to think seriously about th...

CGS Summer Crop Seminars

17-Sep-2018

CGS Summer Crop Seminars   CGS will be holding a series of Summer Crop Option seminars across the Namoi Valley to ensure growers have all the crop information required for the coming season. ...

CGS Summer Crop Options Field Days 24th, 25th and 26th September

07-Sep-2018

Ag Data Management: Success Starts with a Common Platform

22-Dec-2017

Ag data management: Success starts with a common platform As the outside temperature regularly reads over 40 degrees Celsius,  Australian cotton growers have again reached one of the busiest tim...

New Technologies vs. Agronomic Knowledge in Precision Agriculture

05-Oct-2017

New Technologies vs. Agronomic Knowledge in Precision Agriculture As the days are getting longer and the temperature is starting to rise, Australian broadacre growers are gearing up for another ...

Yield data: more than a pretty picture

14-Jul-2017

Yield data: more than a pretty picture It is mid July, which, for the Australian cotton industry, means that picking is still going on for some growers. A different group of growers however is...

Precision Ag in a Tough Season

09-May-2017

Precision Ag in a Tough Season This year's summer crop season has been a tough one for most growers in Australia. Prolonged periods of high temperatures and a distinct lack of in-crop rain in mo...

Mapping Your Profit

22-Feb-2017

Mapping Your Profit Picking in Central Queensland has started in January this year; the introduction of Bollgard III in Australia has definitely altered the cotton season as we know it. What has...

Infield Data Collection

25-Jan-2017

Infield Data Collection As the Australian cotton season progresses to the point where some cotton in Central Queensland is already in the gin yard ready to be processed, most fields are anywhere...

Variable Rate Technology in Cotton

12-Dec-2016

Variable Rate Technology in Cotton     As the cotton season progresses in Australia, growers are starting to apply nutrients, growth regulators and other inputs to their crops. Where growers ...

The Essentials After Planting

11-Nov-2016

The Essentials After Planting Now that most cotton in Australia has been planted and is powering along with plenty of moisture available, growers have some time to plan the rest of the season. W...

The Science Behind Planting

28-Oct-2016

The Science Behind Planting Cotton planting in Australia is well underway in most valleys whilst some early planted cotton in Central Queensland  is already well advanced. The question that ofte...

The Demand for Data

14-Oct-2016

The Demand for Data As is seen in many other sectors like manufacturing, mining and logistics, data is a key driver of efficiency and productivity gains in agriculture. Records such as yields, r...