Today is #WorldCottonDay The Australian irrigated cotton industry has doubled water productivity over the last 25 years. Growers can contribute their cotton benchmarking data via the Australian Cotton Industry Water Productivity Benchmarking Project at brnw.ch/21wDi0T

As we implement our unashamedly ambitious 2023-2028 Strategic Plan #clevercotton today we celebrate the vision and commitment of every person connected to the #cotton industry, nationally and globally. #WorldCottonDay #AustralianCotton #CRDC #AussieAg

Did you know pH is a master regulator of soil microbes?🦠🦠 @nswdpi researcher Kattie Weigh has a passion for understanding life in soil & is the guest speaker for our next DPI soils & Southern NSW Innovation Hub SNoK webinar! Tune in 130pm Wed 1st Nov to learn more tinyurl.com/SNoK2

#WorldSoilDay is coming 5th Dec! 🎉 Help us & Southern NSW Innovation Hub celebrate the theme "Soil and Water: a source of life" by entering our photo comp! Photos should highlight this years theme in a NSW context More WorldSoilDay info here: fao.org/world-soil-day… Comp details below 👇

Today is World Soil Day. It all starts with the soil… 🌱🌍 #ausag #agchatoz #worldsoilday #soilday #cotton #Sustainability #soilhealth

World Soil Day 2023 ... because it's more than just mere dirt. #WorldSoilDay #SoilAction #WaterAction #cotton CRDC OK Soil Cotton Australia CSD

Its World Soil Day 🥳 Let's celebrate the vital role soil plays in sustaining life! Soil and water provides the foundation for food production, ecosystems, and human well-being! Learn more: bit.ly/3T56tMj #WorldSoilDay #WSD2023 #soilscienceau #soilscience #soilhealth

Congrats Jack! Lucy Egan Australian Cotton Science CSIRO Warren Conaty

Our 2nd winner for the #worldsoilday photo comp is Karl Andersson! Picture shows life giving rain being captured by mounding to trap moisture and seeds on a scald in far-western NSW Food and Agriculture Organization Soil Science Australia @NSWDPI_AgWater

Soil cores from the TAI team recovering 15N isotope from pre-wheat urea. N not in soil or plant samples was lost from the system via N-loss pathways. 15N let us distinguish between N already in soil & N added from fert Part of a GRDC project Predicting N Cycling & Losses

Can you spot the 🕷️?! Ross Palmer from the soils team @ ACRI Narrabri found this beneficial insect while assessing cotton growth stage in our crop rotation & tillage trial! Beneficials like this control pests & indicate a healthy cotton ecosystem CRDC Australian Cotton Science

Looking for All the Dirt in 2024?👀 In this issue find out about - The 5cm rule for soil pH ✅ - A soils masterclass from Lukas Van Zwieten ✅ - How to get the most out of deep ripping✅ & more! View here: tinyurl.com/AlltDirt Subscribe for more here: tinyurl.com/AtDSubs

Acknowledging the women in the soils team. All contributing to advancing soil management practices throughout NSW.

New CRDC from @nswdpi staff Guna Nachimuthu Blake Palmer Graeme Schwenke Paired field approach across 3 cotton valleys found organic carbon positively correlated, where sodicity & bulk density were negatively correlated w/ yield 👇Paper👇 tinyurl.com/SPair

***NEW*** #openaccess #soil property differences and irrigated-cotton lint yield—Cause and effect? An on-farm case study across three cotton-growing regions in Australia Nachimuthu, Palmer, Hundt et al.🇦🇺 @nswdpi Blake Palmer Graeme Schwenke bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/su…

📢 SAVE THE DATE! 📢 The #AACS will be hosting the 2025 Australian Cotton Research Conference. 🗓️19th to 21st Aug 2025 📍 The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri. Put it in your calendars, people. CRDC CSD Bayer AU 🇦🇺 | Crop Science Cotton Incorporated ICAC

Want a closer look at what happens to your soil after a wet pick? How about understanding N cycling or cotton plant back? Friday 22nd Nov 830am - 1230pm ACRI, Narrabri CottonInfo Cotton Australia CSIRO NSW Agriculture Sydney Agriculture CRDC @csd_cottton Australian Cotton Science

🚨 8:30 ACRI, Narrabri - TOMORROW 🚨 Soils - Nitrogen cycling - Crop plant back While the rain has 🚫 the soil pits, the team at ACRI have pulled together talks and displays with local growers and researchers + a BBQ lunch CottonInfo CSD CRDC Sydney Agriculture

📢 SAVE THE DATE! 📢 The #AACS will be hosting the 2025 Australian Cotton Research Conference 🗓️19th to 21st Aug 2025 The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri. Put it in your calendars, people. CSD Bayer AU 🇦🇺 | Crop Science Cotton Incorporated ICAC