Australian cotton tipped for second best year on record
After years of drought, Cotton Australia is forecasting the industry’s second largest crop on record due to favourable conditions across most of Australia’s cotton growing regions.
Cotton Australia CEO Adam Kay said substantial rain late last year and early this year have growers optimistic, and if good conditions continue, a crop of around 5.2 million bales is possible.
The drought-impacted 2019-20 yield was less than 590,000 bales and that was the worst result in recent history.
