April - May, 2008: Volume 29 Issue 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 do we go from here?
21 Cotton CRC pursues precision farming
22 Increasing soil quality
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: The Talbot
52 Germinating Ideas
53 District Reports

Advertiser's Index

Agricultural Appointments 2
Agrilink 21
Apperson 10
Aquatech 6
Barcoo 56
Cane farm for sale 32
Cargill Cotton 30
Charlton 8
Cotton Grower Services IFC
Cotton Outlook IBC
Countryco 45
CSD 5
Deltapine 3
Dinner Plain 1
drumMUSTER 19
Excel Ag 9
Incitec Pivot Tip-on FC

Leica Geo Systems 7
Monsanto 43
Moree Real Estate 27
Namoi Cotton 33
Neils Parts 27
North West Ginning 15
Paul Reinhart 30
Queensland Cotton 31
SMK Consultants 2
Study Tours 40
Sumitomo OBC
Syngenta 17
Teejet Technologies 25
Toowoomba Swap 45
Ultimate Agri-Products 20, 37
Volvo Penta Oceania 11
Westfield Augers 14