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Press Releases from the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC

FIBREpak, improving cotton quality for all	09/09/2009
Tapping into Rotations	18/05/2009
Listen to the Science on GM Crops	16/03/2009
Cooler Weather, but Keep an eye on Silver Leaf Whitefly in Cotton	12/03/2009
Innovative Moth Attractant to Control Major Crop Pest	09/03/2009
Big Day Out Success	02/03/2009
Cotton Industry's Big Day Out	09/02/2009
Keeping Pests Under Control	19/01/2009
CottASSIST: tools for cotton management	14/11/2008
Spray Application Workshops in Warren and Narromine	22/09/2008
5 Million to be sunk into efficiency of on-farm water storages across the Australian cotton industry	28/07/2008
Local Students tell Local Stories Write-a Reader	28/07/2008
Vetch Improves Soil Health, Profits and Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions	06/05/2008

	Control Cotton Volunteers to Prevent Cotton Bunch Top Disease	2/04/2008
	Putting Regional Science on Parliament’s Agenda	31/03/2008
	Cotton Farmers Feed and Cloth Australia	25/03/2008
	Science Improves Soil Health	12/03/2008
	Flood of Cotton Students for the Cotton Industry	28/02/2008
	PhD Student Explores Water Efficiency	20/02/2008
	The Impact of the drought on businesses in Wee Waa	04/02/2008
	Shaping the future of Students	17/012008
	International Visitors Touch Down in Narrabri	09/01/2008
	Winner of the Round Table Education Award Goes to…	01/12/2007
	Taking Science into the Classrooms	20/11/2007
	New CEO for the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC	02/11/2007
	Cotton Industry boosted by $12 Million R&D program	26/10/2007
	New Cotton and Grain Website Launched	25/10/2007
	Cheaper, Greener Cotton Pesticide to hit shelves	29/09/2007
	Former UNE student addresses Rural Science Students	14/09/2007
	Soil Nutrition Workshop -	04/09/2007
	Birds on Cotton Farms Field Day -	04/09/2007
	Chatting with Macquarie growers -	28/08/2007
	Birds of a Feather Stick to Cotton-	21/08/2007
	Guy Roth Taking on New Challenges -	20/08/2007
	Cotton & Grain Consultants to look future-	20/07/2007
	Extending Cotton to the Community	09/07/2007
	Innovative Approach Published for Growing Cotton in Northern Australia.	17/05/2007
	New generation tools.	05/06/2007
	Take a closer look at soil biology	06/06/2007
	Greater Support for the Best Practices	22/05/2007
	Fibre Quality Research, Keeping Australian Cotton at the Top	01/05/2007
	Funds for Namoi Cotton Farmers	29/03/2007
	High School Students learn more about careers in cotton	20/03/2007
	Native Vegetation Assisting Pest Control	15/03/2007
	Increased Support on the Darling Downs	08/03/2007
	Show Yours Off at the Gwdir Valley Crop Comp	06/02/2007
	Gwydir Valley Cotton Field Day	28/02/2007
	Communicating Cotton	15/02/2007
	Student Focus on Cotton Summer Scholarships	06/02/2007
	Cotton Focus on Better Soil Management	05/02/2007
	Wanted Improving Nitrogen Fertilisers in Cotton Under Scrutimy	08/01/2007
	WANTED ALIVE: Large Helicoverpa larvae from Bollgard II® plants	08/12/2006
	Sweeping up Mirids – Preliminary results.	21/11/2006
	C°On-farm irrigation optimisation trials in 2005/06	21/11/2006
	Predators Make Big Screen Debut	21/11/2006
	Wheat Confirmed as Best Cotton Rotation Crop	13/11/2006
	$4.8 million Agreement Signed by Namoi CMA and Cotton CRC (NSW Natural Resources Minister Ian Macdonald)	17/10/2006
	CSIRO research indicates that insect-resistant cotton may also be water efficient	30/09/2006
	Cotton Captures Data on “LOST” Water	13/09/2006
	New Research Program to Review Cotton Insect Thresholds	11/09/2006
	Aphids Use Nature to Beat Chemicals	04/09/2006
	Cotton Sucking Pest Control Review	23/08/2006
	Cotton to Attract Science Devotees	31/05/2006
	CRC's Examining Evaporation	03/05/2006
	Grains and Cotton get Together	03/04/2006
	Review of Weeds in Cotton	02/05/2006
	Cotton Focus on Extension and Knowledge Management	18/04/2006
	Annual Lower Namoi Cotton Field Day	18/04/2006
	Dual Promotion for Cotton Researcher	06/04/2006
	Major Research Project to Manage Gwydir Environmental Flows	22/02/2006
	Cotton CRC Summer Scholarship and Honours Projects 2005-06	21/02/2006
	Cotton Chiefs on Regional Tour	03/02/2006
	Record Number of Cotton Scholars	20/12/2005
	Focus on furrow irrigation options	19/12/2005
	Farming Systems Forum Explores Precision Decisions In Cotton Production	07/12/2005
	Offical Launch of the New Cotton CRC	22/11/2005