Cotton Choices®

Cotton Choices® gives XtendFlex®, Bollgard® 3 and Roundup Ready Flex® growers flexibility to choose the best payment option for their technology fees, to suit the financial and production risks of their farm.
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Match your Cotton Choices with your yield by field

  1. Three unique choices that allow you to opt for an upfront discount, manage risk through late crop removal and payment terms, or pay on a per-bale basis after picking
  2. Choose one of the Cotton Choices across tour farm, or a different one for each field
  3. Can’t decide? You can delay your decision, with the ability to switch between Cotton Choices 2 and Cotton Choices 3 until the cut-off date for your region (see key dates for details).

The Cotton Choices Calculator can help you determine the best choice for your fields. Compare choices today.

Cotton Choices 1 - Price Discount

You can choose an upfront price discount on technology fees for your selected fields or refuge crops.

The applicable payment date for Cotton Choices 1: Price Discount and technology fees are shown below.

Technology fees after discount:

Bollgard 3 with Roundup Ready Flex / XtendFlex: $412 per ha
Roundup Ready Flex / XtendFlex: $79 per ha
Payment Date: Feb 28th

Notes:

  • Price excludes GST
  • Discount does not apply to Roundup Ready Flex and XtendFlex unsprayed cotton refuges over 5% of the Bollgard 3 cotton crop area or 10% of the Bollgard 3 cotton crop area if planted after 1 November (as per trait’s RMP requirements), or sprayed Roundup Ready Flex and XtendFlex, as nominated in the planting audit.
  • Late Crop Removal is not available under this offer

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Cotton Choices in Southern QLD, NSW and VIC
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Cotton Choices in Southern Queensland, New South Wales & Victoria

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FAQs

The Cotton Choices program applies to:

  • Cotton containing Bayer XtendFlex, Bollgard 3 and Roundup Ready Flex Techologies
  • Southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria
    • Associated Roundup Ready Flex unsprayed refuge crops (equal to 5% of Bollgard 3 area as per the trait’s RMP requirements)
  • Central Queensland
    • Associated Roundup Ready Flex unsprayed refuge crops (equal to 5% of Bollgard 3 area or 10% of Bollgard 3 area planted after 1 November as per the trait’s RMP requirements).

Southern Queensland and New South Wales

  • You can select a Cotton Choices option for your Roundup Ready Flex unsprayed refuge crops (equal to 5% of Bollgard 3 area as per the trait’s RMP requirements).
  • Roundup Ready Flex crops that are not planted as part of a refuge, or are over 5% of the Bollgard 3 area are also not eligible for Cotton Choices selections; standard technology fees and payment terms apply.
  • Fully sprayed Roundup Ready Flex refuges are not eligible for Cotton Choices selections; standard technology fees and payment terms apply.

Central Queensland

  • You can select a Cotton Choices option for your Roundup Ready Flex unsprayed refuge crops (equal to 5% of Bollgard 3 area or 10% of Bollgard 3 area planted after 1 November as per the trait’s RMP requirements).
  • Roundup Ready Flex crops that are not planted as part of a refuge, or are over 5% of the Bollgard 3 area or 10% of the Bollgard 3 area if planted after 1 November are also not eligible for Cotton Choices selections; standard technology fees and payment terms apply.
  • Fully sprayed Roundup Ready Flex refuges are not eligible for Cotton Choices selections; standard technology fees and payment terms apply.

Bollgard 3 / Roundup Ready Flex / XtendFlex: $442 per ha*
Roundup Ready Flex / XtendFlex: $83 per ha*

*Price excludes GST

This map shows the separation of cotton growing areas. Above the line is classified as Central Queensland and below the line is Southern Queensland and New South Wales

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