— 3 IREC Farmers' Newsletter No. 200 — Spring 2018 Administration & Advertising The IREC Farmers’ Newsletter is produced and published by the Irrigation Research & Extension Committee. To become a member of IREC, please contact the IREC office or visit the IREC website. Businesses and organisations interested in advertising in the IREC Farmers’ Newsletter should contact the IREC office. Hayley Wordsworth, IREC Office Manager IREC, Lot 255, Research Station Road, Griffith NSW 2680 T: 02 6963 0936 • M: 0418 402 197 E: [email protected] Editorial The IREC Farmers’ Newsletter welcomes suggestions and contributions of articles. If you wish to contribute an article, please contact the Editor. Lucy Kealey, Editor IREC, Lot 255, Research Station Road, Griffith NSW 2680 M: 0417 043 982 E: [email protected] Design & Production Leysa Flores Design E: [email protected] W: www.leysafloresdesign.com.au Photographs Front page left: Collection of rice tillers at harvest for yield component analysis. PHOTO: Brian Dunn. Front page right: Planting of cotton. PHOTO: Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd Unless indicated otherwise, photographs in this publication are the work or property of the author of the article in which the photo appears. Disclaimer Articles contributed to the IREC Farmers’ Newsletter are prepared by experts or professionals in their field or by persons with extensive experience in the subject area. Accordingly, these articles are accepted in good faith as being the most relevant and accurate information available at the time of publication. Information contained within this newsletter has not been independently verified or peer reviewed, and advice is given at the reader’s risk. Products or services may be identified by proprietary or trade names to help readers to identify particular types of products but this is not nor intended to be an endorsement or recommendation of any product, manufacturer or service provider. ISSN 0467 - 5282 IREC thanks its valued supporters Ag Guard Page 49 www.agguard.com.au PHL Surveyors Page 44 www.phlsurveyors.com.au Bendigo Bank Page 15 www.bendigobank.com.au Rawlinson & Brown Page 28 www.rawbrown.com.au Irribiz Page 10 www.irribiz.com.au Riverina Agriconsultants Page 34 www.rivagri.com.au Noyce Salmon & D’Aquino Solicitors Page 21 www.nsdlegal.com.au Rubicon Page 21 www.rubiconwater.com Yenda Producers Page 39 www.yendaprods.com.au — 3 IREC Farmers' Newsletter No. 200 — Spring 2018