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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
Editorial contributions
& subscriptions
Koot Louw
+27 (0)12 804 1462
kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za
Agri Connect team
Manager Leza Putter
Copy editor Michele van Loggerenberg
Production manager Henk Odendaal
Lead designer Sulizna Mc Donald
Katoensake / Cotton matters 3 Advertising & rates
Ilse Liveris
Textile scene 5 +27 (0)12 843 5717
Markverslag / Market report 6 ilsel@agriconnect.co.za
Op die bol / On the boll 8 Soekie du Toit
Damme en klimaatsvooruitsigte 13 +27 (0)12 843 5709
soekie@agriconnect.co.za
BEDRYF / INDUSTRY Illa Hugo
Uncertain economic growth 14 +27 (0)82 898 3878
Regional workshop promoting cotton by-products 18 illa@agriconnect.co.za
Retailers going the extra “yarn” for local cotton 20
Accounts
Charlene Bam
PRODUKSIE EN TEGNOLOGIE / +27 (0)12 843 5703
PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY charlene@agriconnect.co.za
Grondvoorbereiding met spesifieke verwysing Printers
na droëlandkatoen 23 Typo, Johannesburg
New cotton harvesting equipment underway 27 +27 (0)11 402 3468
Vroeëseisoen-insekplae 28 Contributors
Onkruidbeheer in katoen 34 Hennie Bruwer henniebruwer@cottonsa.org.za
Traceability of GMO cotton (Bt-cotton) 36 Dr Annette Bennett annette@cottonsa.org.za
Koot Louw kootlouw@cottonsa.org.za
Gert Klindt gert@cottonsa.org.za
NAVORSING, OPLEIDING EN ONTWIKKELING / Helena Claassens helena@cottonsa.org.za
RESEARCH, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Tanya Aucamp tanya.aucamp@gmail.com
Smallholder cotton production 38 Dr Koos Coetzee kooscoetzee49@gmail.com
Tertius Schoeman
tertius@cottonsa.org.za
Mr Price: finalist in Supplier Development Awards 41 Calvin Knight calvin@cottonsa.org.za
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Agri Connect (Pty) Ltd Cover picture: Hail-damaged cotton ready for harvesting.

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