Cotton Australia

Cotton growers are natural resource managers as well as farm managers and a healthy natural environment is equally important as a profitable farm business. To remain sustainable, cotton growers implement a range of practical actions on the farm that result in healthy ecosystems, quality crops and safe workplaces.

myBMP is the industry’s flagship environmental program.  It sets out best practice farming techniques and the latest cutting edge R&D information in a web-based system to help growers be responsible farmers.  Progress is recorded, monitored and audited in 11 key areas of the farm operations:

• Biosecurity: the avoidance, management and control of pests and diseases
• Biotechnology: for GM cotton varieties
• Energy and Greenhouse Gases: efficient use of energy inputs like fuel and fertilisers
• Fibre Quality: for growing the best quality cotton possible

• Human Resources: managing staff and contractors
• Integrated Pest Management: for weeds, pests and diseases
• Natural Assets: managing vegetative and riparian assets
• Pesticide Management: pesticide storage and use
• Petrochemical Storage and Handling: petrochemical storage and use
• Soil Health: ensuring healthy soils for the long term
• Water Management:  water quality, efficiency of storage and distribution, dryland and irrigated farming practices
• For more information on the cotton industry’s work in sustainability, please visit www.mybmp.com.au