The Latest Breaking News from Cotton Australia

Cottoning on to how sustainability is helping growers

Cotton growers have been told they must continue to cultivate sustainable cropping systems to ensure success, at their annual conference on the Gold Coast.

AAP · Aug 7, 2024

Warning system could save farmers millions of dollars

Crop contamination from herbicides can cost growers millions of dollars in damage - but a warning system is helping to avoid it.

AAP · Dec 30, 2023

Labor’s Murray-Darling Basin water buyback plan would trigger wave of job losses, farmers warn

But environmental groups and scientists say alternative programs to save water have failed and buybacks must resume

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023

Meet the families who uprooted their lives to help create Australian cotton's lasting legacy

From a cottage industry to leaders in the global export market, Australian cotton farmers have pioneered their product from the First Fleet to today — and they're not done yet.

ABC News · Aug 18, 2022

‘Slow-burning problem’: residual ill will about chemical spray drift

Farmers in NSW’s central west fear chemical exposure is becoming a threat to food production and authorities are slow to respond

The Guardian - AU · Jul 3, 2022

Water regulator fines respected cotton grower Tony Thompson $57,000 for stealing water in drought

A cotton grower who fronted an industry campaign to discredit the environmental water buyback scheme is guilty of illegally pumping water equal to almost 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools during drought.

ABC News · May 6, 2022

Cotton industry touts water efficiency credentials but environmentalists still sceptical

For years environmental groups have put the industry under the microscope, saying the "thirsty" crop should not be grown on the driest continent. After decades of work, the industry now claims to be one of the most water-efficient in the world.

ABC News · Apr 30, 2022