Cotton first timers rush to join industry comeback

Andrew Marshall
Updated October 24 2016 - 2:25pm, first published 5:30am
A big improvement in stored water volumes, markets above $500 a bale and irrigated Australian crops averaging a world-leading 11 bales a hectare provide a lot of incentive for growing cotton says Cotton Australia's chief executive officer, Adam Kay.
A big improvement in stored water volumes, markets above $500 a bale and irrigated Australian crops averaging a world-leading 11 bales a hectare provide a lot of incentive for growing cotton says Cotton Australia's chief executive officer, Adam Kay.

First time dryland cotton growers are lining up in droves to join the fibre crop’s rebounding fortunes after an unusually wet winter and spring sets the scene for a 4 million bale crop.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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