The opportunity to plant a double crop after cotton in optimum conditions is limited; therefore, if growers do plant, the crop will benefit from capacity to tolerate moisture stress. At Narrabri, chickpeas stood out as the ideal second crop in a double cropping sequence, as they were able to extract a greater amount of soil moisture in a low moisture environment and also resulted in the greatest gross margin. Wheat and the cover crop (barley) did have greater biomass accumulation and did result in greater residual stubble cover, which may have a beneficial impact on future grain crops. While cultivating did have benefits such as reducing the cotton ratoons and volunteer numbers, the cost of the implementation on soil moisture caused significant yield reduction. If growers are able to defoliate their cotton within the regulated date, the ideal treatment is to leave the field in a no till situation. It is noted that there are no registered or reliable options for control of ratoon cotton with herbicides. Please access the full paper via the link below if this research interests you