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Free app streamlines cotton population counts thanks to FastStart

20 October, 2020 Manually calculating cotton plant stands could become a thing of the past with the launch of the free FastStart™ Cotton POP App. Read more

CSD and Syngenta Australia celebrate 10 years of FastStart™ Cotton - a collaboration on cotton tools and technologies

25 August, 2020 Two of the cotton industry’s leading innovators this season celebrate 10 years of collaboration on the tools and technologies that have transformed how this important crop is established in Australia. Read more

Winning cotton growers announced for the 2019-20 FastStart™ Cotton Establishment Awards

06 February, 2020 The winners for the FastStart Cotton Establishment Awards for the 2019-20 season have been announced, with Angus Doolin from North Star, New South Wales, taking out the irrigated cotton category; and Brett Enkelmann from Murgon in the South Burnett region... Read more

FastStart™ Cotton Establishment Awards open for 2019 season

23 September, 2019 Irrigated and dryland cotton growers who are pleased with their cotton stand establishment this season could win themselves an expenses-paid trip to Kununurra and Broome courtesy of Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) and Syngenta. Read more

Syngenta and CSD bring FastStart message to 2019 Australian Cotton Collective

24 July, 2019 Syngenta, Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) and Bayer are conveniently located on one stand - to provide advice and solutions - focused on the efficient production of quality fibre, from sowing through to harvest. Read more

Partnership extension to grow cotton industry collaboration in 2019 and beyond

11 February, 2019 Syngenta and Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) are well positioned to help further grow the cotton industry in 2019 and beyond, having extended their FastStart™ partnership in the latter half of last year. Read more

Winning cotton growers announced for the 2018-19 FastStart™ Establishment Awards

11 February, 2019 FastStart funds research and practical solutions to support healthy establishment and robust growth in the early stages of a cotton crop’s life. This season, a competition to compare establishment percentage and uniformity saw over 75 entries across both dryland and... Read more

Skills the key to FastStart™ yield potential

05 October, 2018 Irrigated and dryland cotton growers who demonstrate excellence in planting this season could win themselves an expenses-paid trip to Kununurra and Broome courtesy of Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) and Syngenta. Read more

And the winner is…

13 September, 2018 The kind of people who win guessing competitions fall somewhere between ‘gifted guesser’ and ‘supremely lucky’. More than 250 people entered the Vibrance CST guessing competition at the 2018 Cotton Conference, so there was no shortage of interest. Read more