Location Grower Cultivation type Row configuration Year
Talwood, Macintyre Ben Turner Dryland Double Skip 2026
Variety Yield
(b/ha) *
Yield
(b/ac) *
Length
(decimal) **
Length
(imperial) **
HVI class ** Micronaire Strength
(gms/tex) **
Uniformity
(%) **
Turnout
(%) *
Siokra 253B3XF 1.59 0.64 1.00 32 21-3 3.0 26.0 77.0 32.2
Sicot 748B3F 1.37 0.55 1.02 33 12-3 3.1 26.6 77.1 37.2
Sicot 619B3XF 1.11 0.45 1.00 32 23-3 2.9 27.1 77.0 29.9
CSX 1320B3XF 1.11 0.45 1.07 34 23-3 2.7 29.4 76.8 32.3
CSX1257B3XF 1.08 0.44 1.06 34 33-3 2.4 1.1 75.3 34.5

* Commercial Ginned Yield.

** Quality Data following Commercial Gin.

Planted 21/10/2025
Seed imbibation date 21/10/2025
Establishment method Rain Moisture
Previous crop Long Fallow Wheat
Field conditions score 1.0
Row configuration Double Skip
Planting speed (km/hr) 8.0
Planting depth (cm) 4.0
Planting rate (kg/ha)
Monitor rate (seeds/m) 13.0
Soil temperature at planting (°C) 25.1
Planting uniformity index
Defoliation date 26/02/2026
Days to defoliation 128
No. of defoliation
Rainfall (mm)
Effective Rainfall (mm)
Picking date 15/03/2026
In-crop irrigations
Crop ETc
Total nitrogen (kg/ha N)
Pre-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N)
Post-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N)
Phosphorus (kg/ha P)
Potassium (kg/ha K)
Zinc (kg/ha Zn)
Flowering mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha)
Cutout mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha)
Total mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha)
Helicoverpa Sprays
Mirid sprays
Mite sprays
Whitefly sprays
Total sprays
Siokra 253B3XF Sicot 748B3F Sicot 619B3XF CSX 1320B3XF CSX1257B3XF
Auslot number 26/138 26/384 25/652 26/419 26/422
Seed/kg 12160 11375 10190 12255 12610
Final establishment/m 8.4 9.1 9.1 8.5 8.7
Establishment (%) 64.6 70.0 70.0 65.4 66.9
Siokra 253B3XF Sicot 748B3F Sicot 619B3XF CSX 1320B3XF CSX1257B3XF
Plant height (cm) 67.1 64.8 69.0 63.2 64.1
Total nodes 18.8 19.5 19.6 17.9 18.4
NAWF 8.3 7.9 8.3 8.1 7.9
1st position retention (%) 71.7 81.8 89.0 93.6 92.9
VGR
Siokra 253B3XF Sicot 748B3F Sicot 619B3XF CSX 1320B3XF CSX1257B3XF
Plant height (cm)
Total nodes
Interim boll count
Siokra 253B3XF Sicot 748B3F Sicot 619B3XF CSX 1320B3XF CSX1257B3XF
Final plant height (cm) 80.0 73.2 71.7 67.9 74.0
Final total nodes
Final boll count 53.3 44.0 48.3 36.7 45.3
Has 40mm in storm Friday 17Th. Hot and windy planting conditions. Reasonably good emergence occurred. Showers on day 7 have had a positive impact on final emergence. Final plant stand did not change. In crop rain the lack of and or timings of these events meant the crop suffered excessively with the final blow after being abused by the January heat wave saw those bolls sufficiently developed prematurely split then succumb to boll rot from 4 days of cloud and drizzle. The crop was harvested with a stripper so as the owners could recover some costs. Boll counts were 3m counted three times then divided by 3.
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