Record United States shipments of cotton through December are supporting a stronger US export forecast at 15.25 million bales (Mb), despite production falling 5Mb from the previous year…Read More
Grain Central, January 13, 2021
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted nearly every sector of the global economy, and the cotton sector is no exception…Read More
Grain Central, December 11, 2020
Australia is on track to produce a cotton crop almost four times the size of last year’s, but still well below the long-term average, with recent rain helping underpin yield prospects…Read More
Liz Wells, December 9, 2020
Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) have today launched a new crop modelling tool developed to assist Australian cotton growers and consultants estimate potential yield…Read More
Grain Central, December 4, 2020
The virulent cotton crop disease, cotton leafroll dwarf virus, is emerging in the United States, threatening the $7 billion US cotton industry…Read More
Grain Central, November 26, 2020
Cotton planting for the 2020-21 season is well underway with Cotton Australia predicting a 2.1-million-bale national crop – slightly below average but well above last year’s drought-devastated 600,000-bale crop…Read More
Neil Lyon, October 8, 2020
In the 2019/20 marketing year, China accounted for just over 22pc of total world cotton production, exported only a small amount of cotton lint and was the world’s largest importer of cotton…Read More
Grain Central, September 14, 2020
Cotton industry operators, CSD and Syngenta Australia, this season celebrate 10 years of collaboration on the the FastStart Cotton program that has transformed how cotton is grown in Australia…Read More
Grain Central, August 31, 2020
No single irrigation system suits every situation, so producers should select a system that is most well suited to their farm’s soil type, topography, crop, water reliability, labour and energy resources…Read More
Neil Lyon, August 28, 2020
Moves to rapidly expand the northern cotton industry – and with it a locally-produced supply of cotton seed for cattle – are gaining momentum in the lead up to this weekend’s Northern Territory Government elections…Read More
James Nason, August 18, 2020
There is potential for the Australian cotton sector to make significant gains in global export share over the coming decade, according to Rabobank’s 10-year cotton outlook released today…Read More
Grain Central, August 18, 2020
Expecting a record harvest of 13 million bales, Brazil is emerging as a significant export competitor for Australia’s cotton industry…Read More
Grain Central, August 4, 2020