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CONTENTS REDAKSIONELE KOMITEE /
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Cotton SA
CEO Hennie Bruwer
Executive editor Koot Louw
Technical manager Dr Annette Bennett
+27 (0)12 804 1462
PO Box 912232, Silverton,
Pretoria 0127, South Africa
www.cottonsa.org.za
NT Editorial contributions
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Koot Louw
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kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za

Agri Connect team
Manager Leza Putter
Copy editor Michele van Loggerenberg
Cotton matters 03 Production manager Henk Odendaal
Michellé van der Walt
Lead designer
Textile scene 05
Markverslag / Market report 06 Advertising & rates
Op die bol / On the boll 08 Ilse Liveris
Damme en klimaatsvooruitsigte 11 +27 (0)12 843 5717
ilse@agriconnect.co.za
BEDRYF / INDUSTRY Soekie du Toit
SCC contributes to cotton production 12 +27 (0)12 843 5709
77th Plenary Meeting of the ICAC, 2018 15 soekie@agriconnect.co.za
Cotton yields in Africa 18 Illa Hugo
+27 (0)82 898 3878
PRODUKSIE EN TEGNOLOGIE / illa@agriconnect.co.za
PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY
Midseason pest control and plant development 22 Accounts
Loskop Cotton Gin upgrade 28 Charlene Bam
+27 (0)12 843 5703
Koedoeskop Cotton Gin 30 charlene@agriconnect.co.za
KWALITEITSBEHEER EN STANDAARDE / Printers
QUALITY CONTROL AND STANDARDS Typo, Johannesburg
Produksiepraktyke wat veselkwaliteit beïnvloed 32 +27 (0)11 402 3468
Contributors
NAVORSING, OPLEIDING EN ONTWIKKELING / Dr Annette Bennett annette@cottonsa.org.za
RESEARCH, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Hennie Bruwer henniebruwer@cottonsa.org.za
Smallholder cotton farmer revival 38 Koot Louw kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za
Gert Klindt gert@cottonsa.org.za
Tobie Jooste tobie@cottonsa.org.za
PRODUKTE EN LEWENSTYL / Tertius Schoeman tertius@cottonsa.org.za
PRODUCTS AND LIFESTYLE Calvin Knight calvin@cottonsa.org.za
Die nuwe “Better Cotton Initiative” beginsels 41 Helena Claassens helena@cottonsa.org.za
Why cotton? 42 Tanya Aucamp tanya.aucamp@gmail.com

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Cover picture: The new Loskop Cotton Gin

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