| Location | Grower | Cultivation type | Row configuration | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boomi, Macintyre | Barry Otto | Irrigated | Solid 1m | 2026 |
| Variety | Yield (b/ha) * |
Yield (b/ac) * |
% of Sicot 606B3F |
Length (decimal) ** |
Length (imperial) ** |
HVI class ** | Micronaire | Strength (gms/tex) ** |
Uniformity (%) ** |
Turnout (%) * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSX 1320B3XF | 15.73 | 6.37 | 101.5 | 1.29 | 41 | 21-3 | 4.6 | 35.4 | 83.2 | 44.9 |
| Sicot 606B3F | 15.50 | 6.28 | 100.0 | 1.20 | 38 | 11-2 | 5.1 | 33.4 | 82.7 | 44.0 |
| Siokra 253B3XF | 13.77 | 5.57 | 88.8 | 1.21 | 39 | 11-2 | 4.5 | 32.5 | 83.2 | 43.2 |
* Commercial Ginned Yield.
** Quality Data following Commercial Gin.
| Planted | 15/10/2025 |
|---|---|
| Seed imbibation date | 20/10/2025 |
| Establishment method | Watered up |
| Previous crop | Long Fallow Cotton |
| Field conditions score | 1.0 |
| Row configuration | Solid 1m |
| Planting speed (km/hr) | 9.0 |
| Planting depth (cm) | 3.0 |
| Planting rate (kg/ha) | |
| Monitor rate (seeds/m) | 12.0 |
| Soil temperature at planting (°C) | 19.0 |
| Planting uniformity index | |
| Defoliation date | 20/03/2026 |
| Days to defoliation | 151 |
| No. of defoliation | |
| Rainfall (mm) | |
| Effective Rainfall (mm) |
| Picking date | 13/04/2026 |
|---|---|
| In-crop irrigations | 10 |
| Crop ETc | |
| Total nitrogen (kg/ha N) | |
| Pre-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) | 320 |
| Post-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) | |
| Phosphorus (kg/ha P) | 45.0 |
| Potassium (kg/ha K) | 45.0 |
| Zinc (kg/ha Zn) | 6.0 |
| Flowering mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) | |
| Cutout mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) | 180.00 |
| Total mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) | 180.00 |
| Helicoverpa Sprays | |
| Mirid sprays | 2 |
| Mite sprays | |
| Whitefly sprays | 1 |
| Total sprays | 3 |
| CSX 1320B3XF | Sicot 606B3F | Siokra 253B3XF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auslot number | 26/419 | 26/053 | 26/138 |
| Seed/kg | 12255 | 11240 | 12160 |
| Final establishment/m | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Establishment (%) | 68.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 |
| CSX 1320B3XF | Sicot 606B3F | Siokra 253B3XF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant height (cm) | 43.0 | 41.3 | 44.9 |
| Total nodes | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.8 |
| NAWF | 7.9 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| 1st position retention (%) | 96.6 | 90.1 | 89.7 |
| VGR |
| CSX 1320B3XF | Sicot 606B3F | Siokra 253B3XF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant height (cm) | 85.5 | 94.3 | 97.5 |
| Total nodes | 21.7 | 21.8 | 22.8 |
| Interim boll count | 146.3 | 148.7 | 156.3 |
| CSX 1320B3XF | Sicot 606B3F | Siokra 253B3XF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final plant height (cm) | 94.4 | 99.5 | 105.4 |
| Final total nodes | |||
| Final boll count | 142.0 | 174.0 | 184.0 |
This is a try before you buy trial evaluating current technology against the latest material. Sicot 606 B3F was the remainder of the field. This was managed for that variety. These types of trials have outcomes just beyond how things are going at a local level. Barry Otto, farm manager is part of the planting and harvesting process, the farm's agronomy company Poole Ag staff use it to train or expose their junior agronomists to how each line grows. Their TUA provider's agronomist also spent time collecting data with us. The farms ginning and marketing people become involved after the crop is off. Everyone is interacting. The site chosen has some mixed Soil types. Planting occurred just outside of an old pelerang. The trial design was a block style where we had a strip of Sicot 606 B3F between Siokra 253 B3XF and CSX 1320 B3XF now named (Sicala 320 B3XF). It benefits from the Sicala name because of its inheritant fibre traits which the commercial classing data highlighted. The final plant stands while not perfect did suffer some poor seed / soil / moisture contact principally because the planter likely was about 1 setting too shallow. The post planting pre-emergent application of Diuron is noticeable. Our Siokra 253 B3XF final plant stand was slightly gappy. Outside of that the regular watering with little in crop rain meant things happened the way you plan it out. Sicala 320 B3XF out yielded Sicot 606 B3F by .24bale per ha. The fibre length was a 41 meaning a premium. No issues with micronaire. The Sicot 606 B3F experienced a % of bales with high micronaire.