Australian Plantings Up Nearly 20 Percent in 2009/10

September 18, 2009

According to the mid-September crop report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian cotton plantings in 2009-10 are forecast to increase by 19 percent, to 195,000 hectares. Most of the additional plantings will be in the New South Wales and Queensland regions.

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The increase reflects an improvement in irrigation water availability compared with last year and that irrigated cotton delivers a higher gross margin per megalitre of water used than alternative irrigated summer crops. Cotton lint and cottonseed production in 2009-10 are forecast at 375,000 tons and 531,000 tons, respectively.

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