Widespread rains and flooding throughout the cotton-growing regions of eastern Australia over the past few weeks have impacted this season’s emerging crops…Read More
Neil Lyon, December 8, 2021
Construction of the Northern Territory’s first cotton gin is well under way, with the facility on track to start operating in July next year…Read More
Grain Central, December 6, 2021
One of the most significant organisations in the development of the cotton industry in Australia, Queensland Cotton, is celebrating its 100th birthday…Read More
Grain Central, December 6, 2021
A select group of experts and community leaders from the cotton industry has been brought together to further improve cotton sustainability…Read More
The Australian cotton industry has received a $692,456 grant from the Australian Government to explore markets with potential growth…Read More
Grain Central, July 26, 2021
A cotton farm just outside Goondiwindi on the NSW-Queensland border is the site of a ground breaking trial to test whether shredded cotton products could offer benefits to cotton soil health, and a scalable solution to textile waste…Read More
Grain Central, June 17, 2021
China’s imports of cotton are forecast at a seven-year high, driven by the highest projected consumption in three years, robust State Reserve (SR) imports, and attractive prices for imported cotton relative to domestic supplies…Read More
Grain Central, June 14, 2021
If Australian cotton was to be spun into a single origin yarn, it could capture added value as an environmental and socially responsibly produced fabric, according to Nuffield Scholar, Tamara Uebergang,..Read More
Grain Central, May 6, 2021
Cotton Australia has nudged up its estimate for this season’s cotton production to “2.7 million bales and rising” as pickers move through crops from Central Queensland to southern NSW…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 5, 2021
The potential to develop a thriving cotton industry in Australia’s north has been given a boost with a new gin near Katherine set to be operational in 2022. ..Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2021
World cotton consumption is expected to exceed production for the second year in a row, reducing world stocks by 3.2 million bales…Read More
Grain Central, March 10, 2021
The two winners of the 2020–21 FastStart Cotton Establishment Awards pushed themselves outside of their comfort zone, drawing on the latest tools, techniques and advice with outstanding results…Read More
Grain Central, March 1, 2021