China had been taking about 65 per cent of the Australian cotton crop in a trade worth $800 million.
"But our industry is just getting on with things and pushing the crop into other markets like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. Some of those markets will take the extra crop China was taking." The La Niña weather pattern has not delivered widespread rain to all of the cotton-growing regions, and on Queensland's Darling Downs, irrigators are nervously doing their figures, determining if they have enough water in storage to finish their cotton crops.
"We've learned a few lessons over the past and like to keep our planting areas small and do a good job of it," he said.
This is great news!
WHY r we growing cotton to sell to CHINA ❓illegal pumping of precious water
as in the industry discuss rang farming further south as the rivers of been destroyed that one but doesn't generate anywhere near the income of what the lower basin generated
Success to business is to diversify to as many as possible.Those industries esp iron ore , selling solely to only one customer are extreme risky,business not worth investigating shares in for longer term. Similarly sourcing from multiple suppliers is sound risk management.
It's time to look at the local market. Get together with some wool growers and start manufacturing fabric HERE, make a deal with Spotlight and start selling it HERE.
No surprise they’re ‘not complaining’ when they’re in the business of harvesting water at voluminous rates to the detriment of other downstream agriculture and communities.
Exporters are going out of business because Morrison has no diplomacy skills
Which major cotton producers in Australia are majority owned by Chinese interests?
Good to hear 👍
China is not a customer we'd want anyway. Glad they're disconnecting.