15th March 2010

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  • Cubbie likely to take only a small share of flood flows

    Created Mon, 15th of Mar 2010

    One of men who helped design the southern hemisphere's largest cotton farm, Cubbie Station, says its storages will take only 5 per cent of the water flowing past St George in southern Queensland. ... more

  • Wong puts $100m on table for water buyback

    Created Mon, 15th of Mar 2010

    The Federal Government has unveiled a new $100 million tender to buy back water in western Queensland, which takes in the giant cotton-growing Cubbie Station. The Lower Balonne Catchment has been ... more

  • Cubbie Station dams nearly two-thirds full

    Created Fri, 12th of Mar 2010

    The greatest private diversion of irrgation water in Australia's history is happening in south-west Queensland. Storages on the nation's biggest cotton farm are now 60 per cent full. Queensland ... more

  • Opposition questions benefits of buying Cubbie water

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    The Federal Opposition's water spokesman has raised doubts about the benefits of the government buying Cubbie Station's water entitlements, despite floods filling the property's dams. The southern ... more

  • Court ruling could make it easier to sell Cubbie water

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    Full dams at Cubbie Station from this year's floods will make water purchases more attractive to the Commonwealth. The giant cotton farm near the NSW-Queensland border is for sale, and in ... more

  • Flooding wipes out cotton crops

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    Cotton Australia says up to half of the cotton around the central Queensland town of Theodore has been wiped out by floodwaters. Roads in the region remain closed as the swollen Dawson River ... more

  • Rain 'won't drive up price' of Cubbie Station

    Created Tue, 9th of Mar 2010

    The administrators of Cubbie Station, McGrath Nicol, say recent rain in Queensland's southern inland will not drive up the property's sale price. Drought was the main reason administrators were ... more

  • Receding floodwaters reveal economic damage

    Created Tue, 9th of Mar 2010

    Farmers and meat exporters are among the many Queenslanders counting the cost after the south-west of the state went under in the worst floods for more than 100 years. Many farmers are waiting for ... more

  • Flooding a major blow for cotton growers

    Created Sat, 6th of Mar 2010

    Flooding at St George in Queensland's southern inland could be a major blow for the region's cotton growers. As the Balonne River at St George continues to rise, the risk to nearby cotton farms ... more

  • Australia's largest cotton farm fails to sell

    Created Tue, 2nd of Mar 2010

    Australia's largest cotton farm has failed to attract a buyer. The Cubbie Group station in Queensland's southern inland went into administration last year and a deadline for tenders to buy the ... more

  • Cubbie fails to attract right bid

    Created Tue, 2nd of Mar 2010

    Cubbie Station, Australia's largest cotton farm, in southern Queensland, has failed to attract a buyer. The Cubbie Group, near Dirranbandi, went into administration last year and a deadline for ... more

  • Queensland cotton industry ready to tackle the mealybug

    Created Mon, 15th of Feb 2010

    A North Queensland agronomist says the region is prepared to deal with the same pest that destroyed cotton crops in Pakistan and India in 2008. The solenopsis mealybug was confirmed to be on ... more

  • Icon_camera Cotton industry worried as mealybug spreads

    Created Thu, 11th of Feb 2010

    The exotic bug which can destroy cotton crops has now been confirmed in the Burdekin region in North Queensland. Biosecurity Queensland says it's the same mealybug species found on Emerald cotton ... more

  • Grower fears mealybug battle is lost

    Created Tue, 9th of Feb 2010

    A Central Queensland cotton grower says it would be a waste of time, money and resources to think Australia could ever successfully eradicate the exotic mealybug. Biosecurity Queensland confirmed ... more

  • Mealy bug 'turmoil' sparks cotton crop fears

    Created Fri, 5th of Feb 2010

    The Queensland Opposition says Central Highland cotton growers are the losers in the delayed response to an outbreak of mealy bugs. The Mexican pest has been confirmed on about 30 properties west ... more

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