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CONTENTS REDAKSIONELE KOMITEE /
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Cotton SA
CEO Hennie Bruwer
Executive editor &
technical manager Dr Annette Bennett

+27 (0)12 804 1462
PO Box 912232, Silverton,
Pretoria 0127, South Africa
www.cottonsa.org.za
Editorial contributions
& subscriptions
Tobie Jooste
+27 (0)12 804 1462
enquiries@cottonsa.org.za
Agri Connect publishing team
Manager Leza Putter
Katoensake / Cotton matters 3 Copy editor Michele van Loggerenberg
Textile scene 5 Lead designer Sulizna McDonald
Markverslag / Market report 6 Advertising & rates
Op die bol / On the boll 8 Soekie du Toit
+27 (0)12 843 5709
BEDRYF / INDUSTRY soekie@agriconnect.co.za
Getting the basics right: a recipe for the South African
economic recovery 12 Illa Hugo
The South African agricultural sector in recovery phase 15 +27 (0)82 898 3878
Weed control with glyphosate – and its safety 18 illa@agriconnect.co.za
Ilse Liveris
PRODUKSIE EN TEGNOLOGIE / +27 (0)12 843 5717
PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ilsel@agriconnect.co.za
Late-season pests 20
Less chemicals in the environment and minimal in a t-shirt 24 Accounts
Nuwe inisiatief om groeistadiums en waterbehoeftes Charlene Bam
van katoen te bepaal 28 +27 (0)12 843 5703
charlene@agriconnect.co.za
KWALITEITSBEHEER EN STANDAARDE /
QUALITY CONTROL AND STANDARDS Printers
Cotton lint quality between cultivars – 2018/19 season 30 Jetline, Johannesburg
+27 (0)11 493 7232
Relationships between cotton fibre properties and fibre length 32
Contributors
NAVORSING, OPLEIDING EN ONTWIKKELING / Hennie Bruwer henniebruwer@cottonsa.org.za
RESEARCH, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Dr Annette Bennett annette@cottonsa.org.za
ISEAL support for sugar cane and cotton project 34 Gert Klindt gert@cottonsa.org.za
Update on cotton research trials 35 Helena Claassens helena@cottonsa.org.za
Update on smallholder cotton farmers from Nkomazi 36 Tanya Aucamp tanya.aucamp@gmail.com
Update on cotton skills training courses 37 Dr Koos Coetzee kooscoetzee49@gmail.com
Tertius Schoeman tertius@cottonsa.org.za
Mario Botha mario@cottonsa.org.za
PRODUKTE EN LEEFSTYL / PRODUCTS AND LIFESTYLE Tobie Jooste tobie@cottonsa.org.za
The R-CTFL value chain’s master plan 38 Calvin Knight calvin@cottonsa.org.za
Cotton Cluster delegates attend TextileExchange19 Magda du Toit magda.dutoit@bayer.com
in Vancouver 40 André Prins andre@gwk.co.za

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