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With about five weeks of effective flowering & another three weeks to complete fibre elongation, a total of eight weeks without stress is required to have uninterrupted fibre length in all bolls.

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Healthy Soils Case Studies

	Reducing Fertiliser Costs with Vetch A Merah North case study	July 2008
	Sub-surface Drip Irrigation: Improving soil (and water) management A Narromine, Macquarie Valley, case study	July 2008
	Long Term Soil Health Monitoring A 27-year Darling Downs grower case study	July 2008
	Organic Soil Amendments in Cotton Farming Systems	July 2008
	Variable Rate application of Fertilisers and Soil Ameliorants following Laser Levelling A Macquarie Valley case study	March 2008
	Mycorrhiza after long fallows: is it still there? A mycorrhizal myth unearthed	August 2007
	Bore Water Quality and Rotations in Sustainable Farming Systems A ‘Beechworth’ Merah North case study	August 2007
	Crop Rotations in a Dryland Cotton Farming System A Warra, Darling Downs, case study	August 2007
	Improving Nitrogen Management and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions	August 2007
	Using Electromagnetic Maps to Track Down Deep Drainage An Auscott Midkin case study	August 2007

SOILpak
Link to SOILpak Manual for Cotton Growers NSW Agriculture Web site.

Soils Publications and Links

	How Far Has Soil Health Come in the Cotton Industry?	July 2007
	Soil Biology -Whats hiding in the ground? Australian Cotton CRC Information Sheet	November 2004
	How do Lachlan Valley cotton soils compare to cotton soils in Northern NSW Article for Australian Cottongrower Magazine	October 2003

Soil Reports

	Accelerating adoption of integrated soil management practices in irrigated cotton and grain Proceedings of a Soil Health Workshop 31 July–1	August 2006
	Soil Health Issues for Australian Cotton Production - A Grower Perspective	October 2005
	Water and Soil Quality, Australian Cotton Industry BMP	December 2005
	Soil Biology Research Review 2006 A review by Cotton Research & Development Corporation and Cotton Catchment Communities CRC (large file 3.5mb)

4 new Healthy Soils Case Studies

Organic Soil Amendments in Cotton Farming Systems

Long Term Soil Health Monitoring
A 27-year Darling Downs grower case study

Sub-surface Drip Irrigation: Improving soil (and water) management
A Narromine, Macquarie Valley, case study

Reducing Fertiliser Costs with Vetch
A Merah North case study