PHOTO: Cotton crops are at risk of spray drift. Photo: Jane Kahler, CSIRO. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
As the heavy rainfall this month drives weed growth, cotton growers are maintaining vigilance around spray drift potential.
Cotton is particularly vulnerable to Group 4 herbicides such as 2,4-D.
“Thankfully the damage isn’t significant yet, however, growers are reporting an unusually high weed issue in fields that are fallow after good winter crops and also in the emerging cotton crops,” Cotton Australia (CA) Regional manager for northern NSW Bob Ford said…