Milk prospects slide, but cotton and WA lift national ag mood

Andrew Marshall
Updated December 4 2018 - 9:18am, first published 6:30am
Despite less available water for crops this summer, cotton sector sentiment has bounced after recent rain and surging prices.
Despite less available water for crops this summer, cotton sector sentiment has bounced after recent rain and surging prices.

Drought still weighs heavily on the farm sector mood, but cotton growers are generally smiling again after recent price rises and rainfall in NSW and Queensland, and Western Australians are quite bullish about the year ahead.

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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