6 Setting the record straight on cotton’s water use
8 Wanted alive: Large Helicoverpa larvae from Bollgard ii plants
12 Your crop has just received spray drift! — What do you do now?
16 Delving deeper into the high yielding crops

Irrigation Feature
23 Water Matters — Variable application of irrigation water
28 Furrow evaluation improves irrigation efficiency
34 Irrigation trials target improved efficiency on the Downs
36 Measuring and maximising water use efficiency
38 Tracking water on irrigation farms
46 Major upgrade for cotton nutrition tools
48 Efficient use of Nitrogen fertilisers
53 Managing for crop maturity
57 Relative profitability of irrigated cotton rotation systems in NSW
60 How will the drought affect Helicoverpa resistance management?
64 Canopy common factor in highest grossing cotton crops

Leading edge
66 Future energy could start down on the farm

66 Helicoverpa: Species mix, parasitism and resistance monitoring
70 Roundup ready to flex its muscles
76 Flax fibre offers cotton cool comfort
78 Ten years of biotechnology: A breeder's perspective
79 Legumes boost cotton profits

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2 Editorial
4 Cotton Research Roundup
marketing
40 World Commodity Watch
42 The World Cotton Market
44 New York Futures
68 Classic Tractor Tales: Big tractors — So what’s new?
72 Germinating Ideas
75 News & New Products
77 District Reports