April - May 2006: Vol. 27, No. 2

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Contents
8 Innovation at Trade Show 2006
10 Research finds Fusarium floats
14 Legendary cotton plant breeder dies
15 Long range weather forecaster tested: The first two months
18 Irrigated cereal production put to the test
20 Australian Cotton Conference - you can't afford not to go
22 Managing weed in vetch rotation crops
   
Precision farming feature
25 Precision agriculture: Improving yields and reducing inputs
28 NASA technology comes to Australian cotton fields
32 Variable rate irrigation using centre pivots
36 Swath control for self propelled sprayers
37 Agline precision ag conference
38 CropSmart: A new management tool for cotton growers
   
46 Moisture the key to seed coat fragment contamination
48 Optimising on-farm irrigation: 2005-06 trials
54 Which irrigation system?
55 Agronomic management under centre pivot and lateral move machines
58 Frequently asked questions about buying overhead systems
 
Leading edge
64 Diverse application of ag engineering
   
Regular features
2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup
   
Marketing
40 World Commodity Watch
42 The World Cotton Market
44 New York Futures
   
68 Classic Tractor Tales: Friction engagement of crawler trucks - what does it mean?
70 Germinating Ideas
74 News & New Products
76 District Reports


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