2. Cotton 1/3 Flashcards
Cotton revenue AUS
1.9 billion annually
Well organised R+D and E has contributed to cottons success with
Cutting pesticide consumption by 97%, and increased water efficiency by 48%.
Best cotton producers get how many bales per ML of water?
2
Cotton farm characteristics
Cotton production /ha in Australia is ___ times the world average
2.6
Cotton industry Regions (4)
- Ord River irrigation area of WA (now ceased)
- Northern region (near Emerald QLD)
- Central Border region
- Southern Inland region
Central Border cotton region consists of (4)
- Namoi valley (narabri)
- Gwidyr Valley (Moree)
- Darling downs (Toowoomba)
- Macintyre valley
Districts of the Southern inland cotton region
- Macquarie valley
- darling river
- New South Wales district
Cotton farms constitute of key make up:
Large investment in land, land infrastructure irrigation, channels and dams, expensive equipment and a highly skilled and varied workforce.
Typical cotton farm would have a break up of land involving… (6)
Irrigated land
Dry land
Water storage areas
Tracks, creeks, conservation areas
Other dryland crops
Other legume crops
Water for Cotton production is supplied from (4)
Furrows fed by channels and further up by turkeys nest storage dams which are fed by main supply channels fed by rivers and creeks.
Only rural land sales exceeding 248 million _____ _____ by the Aus government
Are scrutinised
Largest Export markets
- Indonesia 30%
- Japan 20%
- China 25%
- Thailand South Korea and tiawan ~25%
And most recently Vietnam
Major cotton producers of the world (7)
- China 33%
- India
- USA
- pakistan 10%
- Brazil
- Uzbekistan
- Australia 4%
Dollars per ha profit in the cotton industry Australia compared to livestock.
$1500-$2200/ha compared to $366/ha in the livestock industry.
Why is cotton so profitable
- higher risk
- extremely large capital investment
- high level agronomic and practical expertise required
- requires good natural resources
- water price and rights variability
Australian cotton industry bodies
- Cotton Australia
- Cotton Research and development corporation CRDC
- Cotton Seed Distributors CSD
- CSCIRO
BT cotton
A genetically engineered cotton type that Carrie’s the bacillus thurengiensis gene that produces protein crystals toxic to insect pests.
Cotton perrennial or annual?
In its native habitat it is a perennial shrub but is cropped as an annual.
PIMA cotton
A type of cotton with strong silky fibres. Makes fine smooth fabrics.
Ginning
Process which separates leaf matter from the harvested cotton bol
Micronaire (cotton)
A measure of cotton fibre strength, measured by air permeability.
Staple (cotton)
Average length of a cotton fibre.
TEX (cotton)
A direct decimal count of linear density of cotton fibres.
