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Australia : CSD’s interactive webcast for cotton industry

Commercial cotton seed supplier Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd (CSD) chose a webcast to keep growers informed of the latest techniques for maximising yield and fibre quality for fields planted to CSD’s latest high-performance varieties: the Sicot 71 Family. The World Wide Web (the internet) has had a successful debut as an interactive mechanism for transferring information between research and extension personnel and growers and consultants in the cotton industry. More than 60 people from Hillston in southern NSW to Emerald in Central Queensland logged on at some time during the interactive Webcast with many sending in questions and comments via e-mail and fax. CSD general manager, Adam Kay, said the Webcast technique had been chosen because of its spontaneity, its low cost to participants, and its capacity to allow growers to participate from their farms, or via their laptop or web-based mobile phone if on the road. Adam Kay informed that they were also mindful that growers are extreme
Commercial cotton seed supplier Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd (CSD) chose a webcast to keep growers informed of the latest techniques for maximising yield and fibre quality for fields planted to CSD’s latest high-performance varieties: the Sicot 71 Family. The World Wide Web (the internet) has had a successful debut as an interactive mechanism for transferring information between research and extension personnel and growers and consultants in the cotton industry. More than 60 people from Hillston in southern NSW to Emerald in Central Queensland logged on at some time during the interactive Webcast with many sending in questions and comments via e-mail and fax. CSD general manager, Adam Kay, said the Webcast technique had been chosen because of its spontaneity, its low cost to participants, and its capacity to allow growers to participate from their farms, or via their laptop or web-based mobile phone if on the road. Adam Kay informed that they were also mindful that growers are extreme