April - May 2008: Vol. 29, No. 2

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Contents
 
8 A new era for BMP
9 Industry combines in conference breakthrough
10 Larval survival in Bollgard cotton
14 Sustaining Bollgard performance
   
Precision agriculture feature
16 Precision agriculture in cotton - where to we go from here?
21 Cotton CRC pursues precision farming
22 Increasing soil quality
22 Total equipment control system
23 Virtual Wrench - a service and support world first
24 PA upgrades ideal for growers
26 Improving water use efficiency
27 How to 'future proof' your precision ag buy
   
Water matters
34 Leaky storages - What are the options?
38 The value of storage surveys - Could you live with a 22 per cent error?
   
41 Insecticides for use against pale cotton stainer bug
43 The importance of fibre fineness to spinning and yarn quality
   
Leading edge
47 More alcohol with your water could cut evaporation
 
Regular features
 
2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup
   
Marketing
28 World Commodity Watch
30 The World Cotton Market
   
49 Classic Tractor Tales: Two days in March
52 Germinating Ideas
53 District Reports


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