February - March 2006: Vol. 27, No. 1

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Contents
8 Long range forecaster put to the test
10 Are you growing mushrooms on the side?
13 Doing some work around the Cotton Trade Show
14 Cotton conference to focus on the three Ps: Product, Production, Profit
16 Adding an American perspective to our disease management
24 Summer scholarship students make their mark
26 Strategies for success at Beltwide
   
Process & Marketing feature
34 QC buys Twynam gins, drops Namoi bid
36 Chipping away at international cotton trade barriers
39 Auscott education scholarship
48 US Beltwide market predictions
50 Professional, independent classing
   
52 Get ready for Cottonweek '06
54 Risk of pesticide contamination in cotton seed and livestock
58 Recent trends in rapid assessment of soil structure in the field
62 Is it worth converting furrow irrigated cotton to drip?
 
Leading edge
66 Water, crops, prices, pests and policies - a universal language
   
73 Cotton industry must heed "look up and live" message
74 East Kimberley curries up a cracker
   
Regular features
2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup
   
Marketing
40 World Commodity Watch
42 The World Cotton Market
45 New York Futures
   
68 Classic Tractor Tales: The black conspiracy
71 Germinating Ideas
76 District Reports


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