3rd September 2010

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Tag: cotton

  • Promising cotton crop ahead

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    Australia will plant its largest cotton crop in more than five years, because of more water and better prices. Cotton Australian says growers will plant more than 340,000 hectares of cotton this ... more

  • Cotton price up again

    Created Fri, 20th of Aug 2010

    The price of cotton has hit $500 per bale for second time this year. Market analyst Matthew Leeson says it's psychologically significant, because in the past decade the price has only spent 15 per ... more

  • Acclaimed cotton grower lifts productivity

    Created Tue, 17th of Aug 2010

    Australia's Cotton Grower of the Year says his farm has been able to maximise production from limited rainfall in southern Queensland. John Norman, who's part of Norman Farming near Toobeah, was ... more

  • Cotton trader expects price to stay strong

    Created Wed, 11th of Aug 2010

    The head of the world's largest cotton trading company says he believes the price of the fibre will continue to be strong. Recently, the Australian cash price of cotton reached $500 per bale and ... more

  • Focus on water access at cotton conference

    Created Tue, 10th of Aug 2010

    Cotton Australia says access to water and entitlements will dominate discussions at an industry conference, which begins on Queensland's Gold Coast today. Chairman of the Murray Darling Basin ... more

  • Report finds basin water cuts to slash jobs

    Created Fri, 6th of Aug 2010

    Irrigators in Queensland's southern inland region say even a small reduction in water entitlements in the northern Murray-Darling Basin will have a devastating impact on rural communities. A ... more

  • Creditors give go-ahead for massive Cubbie cotton crop

    Created Tue, 13th of Jul 2010

    The administrators of Australia's largest cotton farm, Cubbie Station, says it has secured funding from creditors to plant one of its largest crops next year. Administrators McGrath Nicol says by ... more

  • Cubbie plans record cotton crop

    Created Mon, 12th of Jul 2010

    The huge and controversial irrigator, Cubbie Station, will grow a record 21,158 hectares of cotton next year, estimated to be worth $126 million. McGrathNicol, the company's deed administrators, ... more

  • Crops keep Sydney wharfies busy

    Created Wed, 7th of Jul 2010

    Sydney's port says a good season in regional NSW contributed to record-breaking trade in May this year. More than 152,000 containers were traded in May, an increase of 7.9 per cent on the same ... more

  • Tandou plants cotton for first time in five years

    Created Wed, 7th of Jul 2010

    The influx of water into the Menindee Lakes system, has prompted Tandou to make the decision to begin planting cotton again for the first time in five years. It was recently announced Tandou had ... more

  • Dubbo farmers to trial ABS census

    Created Wed, 7th of Jul 2010

    Dubbo has been chosen as the site for an agricultural census trial to gather information about the sector nation wide. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will ask 50 businesses in the ... more

  • Cotton farmer wins damages for spray drift

    Created Tue, 6th of Jul 2010

    A southern Queensland cotton farmer has been awarded almost $470,000 for damage caused by spray drift. The decision was handed down in the Supreme Court in Brisbane recently against Meandarra ... more

  • Farmer awarded $470k after chemical damage to crop

    Created Tue, 6th of Jul 2010

    A farmer in Queensland's Western Downs region has been awarded more than $470,000 for damage caused to his cotton crop by spray drift. The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled that in 2005 Meandarra ... more

  • No Cubbie sale yet

    Created Wed, 16th of Jun 2010

    More time has been given to administrators of Cubbie station in southern Queensland to make negotiations on the future of the irrigation property. A meeting in St George yesterday failed to reach ... more

  • Talks continue over Cubbie sale

    Created Wed, 16th of Jun 2010

    Creditors have agreed to allow adminstrators more time to negotiate the sale of Australia's largest cotton farm. The Cubbie Group owns several properties, including Australia's largest cotton farm ... more


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