Approximately 66% of Australia's cotton is grown in NSW and 33% in Queensland.
More than 90% of Australia's cotton farms are owned by Aussie families, which equates to about 80% of the crop being family owned. The Australian cotton industry works together to improve.
Cotton is planted from March to June and harvested from August to December. Among the U.S. States, Texas is the largest producer, contributing approximately 40 percent of U.S. cotton production in recent years. Other top cotton producers include Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Overview. Cotton is grown in the inland regions of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. The major production area in NSW stretches south from the Macintyre River on the Queensland border and covers the Gwydir, Namoi and Macquarie valleys.
Cotton is grown in more than 100 Australian communities. Major cotton production areas include the Central Highlands, Darling Downs, Border Rivers, St George, Mungindi and Dirranbandi regions of Queensland, and the Gwydir, Namoi, Macquarie, Murrumbidgee, Murray and Lachlan valleys of New South Wales.
Wee Waa is Australia's Cotton Capital and is located in the rich agricultural heartland of Lower Namoi Valley in North West New South Wales.
Cotton prices have ranged from AUD $300 to more than $600/bale.
The Williams family, of Williams Cattle Company in South Australia, have the title of owning Australia's biggest farming aggregation — the 2.37 million-hectare Anna Creek and The Peake Stations, covering an area bigger than Slovenia.
Gujarat is the largest producer of cotton in India. Cotton is one of the most important fibre crops and cash crops in India.
Gujarat is the leading cotton growing State followed by Maharashtra. Which State has the largest area under cotton? Maharashtra has the largest area under cotton cultivation followed by Gujarat.
Nigel Austin is the founder and majority owner of the Cotton On clothing and stationery group. Its brands include Cotton On, Supre, Factorie and Typo.
Moree Plains has topped the list of Australia's richest grain growing regions in 2020-21, which includes shires in NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. Picture: CBH Group.
The prosperity of the industry was the mainstay of the city's economy. It is called the "Manchester of India". Thus, the Ahmedabad is officially famous for cotton textile works.
The latest USDA 2022 cotton cost-of-production forecast is $803.51 per acre.
Australia's cotton farmers lead the world in sustainable, ethical cotton production. They grow more cotton with less land and water than ever before, and use 95% less pesticides than a decade ago. And they care about keeping people safe, and treating them fairly.
In a normal season, Australia's cotton growers produce around 4 million bales of cotton, enough to clothe around 500 million people. The lint from one 227kg bale of cotton can produce: 215 pairs of denim jeans. 250 single bed sheets.
The most intensive cotton production occurred in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, together with parts of Florida, Louisiana and Texas. High productivity depended on the plantation system and slavery combined with fertile soils and a favorable climate.
Although a relatively small producer on the world scale, Australia is the world's third-largest cotton exporter, producing sustaina- ble, high-quality, low-contaminant cottons that attract a premium on the world market.
99.9% of Australia's cotton is exported, making Australia the third largest cotton exporter in the world. The main reason is that there are no cotton spinning mills in Australia, which is an early stage of processing where yarn is produced.