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3 Voorwoord/Preface 10 Yields of the National Cotton Cultivar Trials obtained
4 Improved technology played an important part in the Under irrigation and Dryland during the 2014/15
performance of the SA Cotton crop season
6 Cotton Market Report 13 Blending Cotton with Bamboo to obtain a more
7 The Sustainable Cotton Cluster “The Spin-off is durable yarn
what counts” 14 Why Cotton Hedgers need a Global Contract
8 The Sustainable Cotton Cluster “The results are in: Fuel 16 Finishing the crop with limited water
from cottonseed is feasible” 18 Cotton breeding and Physiology – Research in Australia

Voorwoord

Cotton SA Katoen roogtetoestande regoor die landbousektor het tot en met hierdie uitgawe nog
steeds ernstige afmetings aangeneem met groot gedeeltes wat nog geen reën
CEO: Hennie Bruwer ontvang het nie. Die droogtesituasie het direk tot gevolg gehad dat min droëland
Tel: 012-804 1462 katoenaanplantings vir die 2015/16-seisoen gerealiseer het. Selfs aanplantings
Fax: 012-804 8616 Donder besproeiing is nadelig beïnvloed as gevolg van die intense hitte toestande
Website: wat tydens planttyd geheers het. Die somtotaal van hierdie gebeure het daartoe aanleiding
http://www.cottonsa.org.za gegee dat ‘n geraamde oes van 53 000 veselbale vir die 2015/16-seisoen verwag word wat
‘n 44% daling teenoor die vorige jaar weerspieël. Hennie Bruwer
Katoen SA / Cotton SA,
Posbus / PO Box 912232, Die toekomstige versekureerde aanbod van volhoubare geproduseerde katoen vir potensiële
Silverton, 0127 afnemers bly ‘n groot uitdaging aangesien produsente verskeie keuses van gewasse het om te verbou. Die keuse
is hoofsaaklik ekonomies gedrewe en daarom is dit wenslik dat ‘n vraag na volhoubare geproduseerde katoen
SUB-EDITOR geskep word.
Johan Swiegers
Cell: 082 882 7023 Relatiewe stabiele katoenpryse asook swakker as verwagte prestasie van mededingende gewasse kan aanleiding
gee tot groter aanplantings vir 2016/17. Druk op bestaande waterkwotas kan produsente verder noop om katoen
E-mail: editor@pop.co.za wat beter onder strestoestande as meeste somergewasse presteer, op groter skaal in hul wisselbouprogramme in
TECHNICAL ADVISOR te sluit. Hierbenewens is daar hernude belangstelling vir katoen in sekere marginale somergraan-areas vanweë sy
Hein Schröder 012-804 1462 vermoë om steeds onder redelike moeilike groeitoestande, goed te presteer.
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME Teen die agtergrond van bostaande verwikkelinge word daar ook hard gewerk om ‘n katoenstrategie te ontwikkel
Percy Macaskill 082 492 1493 wat die volle waardeketting, van plaas tot die mark, sal inkorporeer. Die strategie sal vraaggedrewe wees en
alle marksegmente (kleinhandel, industrie en regering) sal geteiken word ten einde die bedryf te stabiliseer en
SMALL SCALE COTTON skaalvoordele te herwin wat tot groter doeltreffendheid en herinvestering sal lei. Die strategie het ten doel om
FARMERS’ FORUM ‘n welvarende bedryf te vestig met Suid-Afrika as land van keuse vir die verkryging van geselekteerde volhoubare
Phenias Gumede 082 945 5476 katoenprodukte!
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Hennie Bruwer, Koot Louw,
Hein Schröder, Robbie Kemp Preface
A D N I S I T R E V A G D O I T A R T S I N I M N
& SUBSCRIPTIONS erious drought conditions throughout the agricultural sector still prevail up to this point in time with large
Suzanne Oosthuizen regions that have as yet not received any rain. A direct result of this drought situation is that very little
Tel: 012-543 0880 dryland cotton plantings materialized for the 2015/16 season. Even crops under irrigation were adversely
affected by the intense heat conditions that prevailed at planting time. Consequently, an estimated crop
Online subs: Email to Sof 53 000 bales of cotton lint is expected for the 2015/16 season, which is 44% down from that of the
Suzanne@pop.co.za previous year.
Editorial content in The future challenge is to have a secure supply of sustainably-grown cotton for potential off-takers to make their
CottonSAKatoen is published products as farmers have options on which crop to grow and may not always, mainly due to economic reasons,
under the auspices of the choose to grow cotton. Therefore, to increase the demand of sustainably-grown cotton it has to become desirable.
CEO of Cotton SA and Poor returns for competing crops and relatively stable cotton prices may encourage farmers to plant more cotton
management. We reserve in 2016/17. The drought is exerting pressure on existing water quotas and can compel producers to include cotton
copyright for all content in this – being a robust grower and performing better under stress conditions than most other summer crops – on a
publication and advise readers larger scale in their crop rotation programmes. In addition, there is a renewed interest in the planting of cotton in
that opinions formed in the certain marginal summer grain areas due to cotton’s ability to perform well under relatively difficult
editorials of CottonSAKatoen growing conditions.
are purely that of the authors. Against the backdrop of the above, much attention is being given to the development of a cotton strategy which
Besoek ons webwerf / will incorporate the entire value chain, from farm to market. The strategy will be demand-led and all market
segments (retail, industry and government) will be targeted in order to stabilize the industry and to regain scale,
Visit our website thereby driving efficiencies and ultimately reinvestment and innovation. The aim of the strategy is to establish a
cottonsa.org.za thriving industry that produces cotton textile and apparel products in a sustainable way with South Africa being
the country of choice for sourcing selected sustainable cotton textile and apparel products!
AMEN: “Sow for yourselves righteousnous, reap the fruit of unfailing love and break up your unploughed ground; for it is time to seek the
Lord, until He comes and showers righteousness on you.” “Saai volgens My wil, en julle sal My liefde oes. Ploeg vir julle ‘n nuwe land! Dit is
nou die tyd om na My wil te vra sodat Ek kan kom en weldade oor julle uitgiet!” Hosea 10:12

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