Far Out Science brings school children to UNE

We’ve not blogged since the change in delivery system, but thought it was time to get back to it.
Since our last Blog, back in August, a lot has been going on. In the world of Cotton the crops are now all in the ground for the 2017/18 season. Early indication is of a good planting area of over 430,000 hectares, which is down on last year largely due to the area going to dry land being reduced due to lack of moisture and possibly the impact last summer had on dryland crops.
We’ve had another round of EOI’s from CRDC and several researchers will be waiting to hear the outcomes of these in the new year.
Closer to home, we’ve had many visitors and members of the Cotton Hub have been engaged in a range of events at UNE. We’ve had GRASS students and teachers, Conservation Farmers Inc. and Far Out Science activities on top of our normal cotton experiments. As 2017 draws to a close it’s fair to say it has been a good year and it’s not over yet. We’ll have Cotton Info and QDAF staff on campus next week, for something a little different.
So here’s looking forward to 2018.

Dr Knox and Armidale student go hunting for worms

Far Out Science participants looking for worms.