8 An unusual season for Helicoverpa punctigera
11 2004 Cotton Awards finalists
18 Hands-on research at Cotton Conference
20 Cotton looks sweet in the Burdekin
24 How much water is in your dam?

2004 Cotton Trade Show review
26 More money in mud than dust
30 New soil source
30 Macquarie Cotton kicks off
32 New Channel Line seen at Trade Show
34 CRDC cotton photo competition
38 Cotton fashions on show

48 How do cluster plants perform in UNR systems?
50 Delivering science to agribusiness: Cotton research on the net
54 Challenging weather conditions during the 2003-04 season
58 Assessing Magnet performance

Leading edge
59 Cushion hitch speeds up Downs pick
60 First Tramliner heads west

66 Top end off limits to irrigation
67 The lure of the Daly River
70 New CSIRO/CSD varieties for 2004

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2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup

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40 World Commodity Watch
42 World Cotton Market
43 New York Futures
44 Positive outcomes from managing cotton price risk

61 Classic Tractor Tales - Green tea and orange tractors (Part 2)
72 Germinating Ideas
74 News and New Products
76 District Reports