Cotton Nitrogen | Back Paddock Company https://www.backpaddock.com.au Software Solutions and Training Services for Australian Farming Fri, 09 May 2025 01:26:52 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Favicon96x96.png Cotton Nitrogen | Back Paddock Company https://www.backpaddock.com.au 32 32 Why Cotton Nutrition Needs a Whole-of-Season, Whole-of-Soil Approach https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2025/05/09/why-cotton-nutrition-needs-a-whole-of-season-whole-of-soil-approach/ https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2025/05/09/why-cotton-nutrition-needs-a-whole-of-season-whole-of-soil-approach/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 01:26:51 +0000 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/?p=15679 Cotton growers and agronomists are well aware of the pressure points in-season: picking the right nitrogen strategy, adjusting to weather, managing costs, and avoiding constraints to yield. But when we treat nutrition as a series of isolated decisions rather than part of an integrated soil and crop strategy, we can miss the broader, compounding effects—on […]

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]]> https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2025/05/09/why-cotton-nutrition-needs-a-whole-of-season-whole-of-soil-approach/feed/ 0 Your chance to learn from the best, Cotton N https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/10/11/your-chance-to-learn-from-the-best-cotton-n/ https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/10/11/your-chance-to-learn-from-the-best-cotton-n/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 03:47:01 +0000 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/?p=14659 Dr Chris Dowling is available to coach you through the 2024-2025 cotton season with Back Paddock’s Cotton N Tracker program. Join Chris for a “Farm Walk & Shed Talk”  to understand collection techniques and data generated from tissue & petiole testing. Join the “Cotton N Tracker” Program  and examine your data throughout the season, for […]

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]]> https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/10/11/your-chance-to-learn-from-the-best-cotton-n/feed/ 0 Some old, some new, some borrowed, challenges for you: “BSM Pro Cotton Nutrition” https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/06/06/some-old-some-new-some-borrowed-challenges-for-you-bsm-pro-cotton-nutrition/ https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/06/06/some-old-some-new-some-borrowed-challenges-for-you-bsm-pro-cotton-nutrition/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 02:16:15 +0000 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/?p=13990 Back Paddock is pleased to offer a new piece of the Professional Development puzzle, this time with a specialised package for those working in or moving towards cotton agronomy. The first of its’ kind, this professional development includes online materials, attendance at a one-day face to face action workshop and 1yr access to a comprehensive […]

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]]> https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/06/06/some-old-some-new-some-borrowed-challenges-for-you-bsm-pro-cotton-nutrition/feed/ 0 Changes in cotton N status now crops are flowering. https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/02/12/changes-in-cotton-n-status-now-crops-are-flowering/ https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/02/12/changes-in-cotton-n-status-now-crops-are-flowering/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 02:47:27 +0000 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/?p=11958 While many crops will be past the time when significant N fertiliser rate decisions are likely for this season the petiole N data is some interesting comparisons that can be made between the apparent crop N status of the Northern and Southern  crops, and comparisons with trends data from the Dec-Jan period commented on in […]

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]]> https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/02/12/changes-in-cotton-n-status-now-crops-are-flowering/feed/ 0 Contrasting scenarios for latest northern and southern irrigated cotton crop N status https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/01/19/contrasting-scenarios-for-latest-northern-and-southern-irrigated-cotton-crop-n-status/ https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/01/19/contrasting-scenarios-for-latest-northern-and-southern-irrigated-cotton-crop-n-status/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:45:57 +0000 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/?p=11553 Two very different scenarios for the northern and southern irrigated cotton crop N status compared to last season are emerging. The irrigated cotton crops in northern and southern growing regions have progressed into flowering stages when N management can set up a smooth or problematic season finish.  If not enough N, you will be battling […]

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]]> https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2024/01/19/contrasting-scenarios-for-latest-northern-and-southern-irrigated-cotton-crop-n-status/feed/ 0 How long does an N application take to show up in petiole nitrate-N? https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2023/12/29/how-long-does-an-n-application-take-to-show-up-in-petiole-nitrate-n/ https://www.backpaddock.com.au/2023/12/29/how-long-does-an-n-application-take-to-show-up-in-petiole-nitrate-n/#respond Fri, 29 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.backpaddock.com.au/?p=11511 The nitrification of urea applied in summer is generally not limited by soil temperature or a lack of soil microbial population. This leaves soil water as the main factor limiting its conversion to nitrate-N. Therefore, fertiliser N availability is related to two factors. Too dry for the soil biology to be active in the application […]

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