Big Cotton eyes off the wild rivers of Northern Australia

The chase for water in the North is not just about cotton, but cotton is emerging as a central play. Headlines such as “The Next Cubbie Station, China’s $400 million investment in northern Australia” reflect the excitement over the emerging northern cotton industry. It will send shivers down the spines of others.

Cotton the new base crop for Northern Australia? The first successful harvests of two commercial cotton trial crops at Tipperary and Edith Springs Stations in the Northern Territory this year have unleashed constant enquiries from southern cotton growers and international growers who were waiting for the results from Tipperary and the Ord to “see if they might try and come into the area.” David Connolly, General Manager of Tipperary Station, stated “Our roads turn dusty from people in the south driving up here to have a look….It’s created an incredible amount of interest”. Andrew Philip, from the NT Farmers Association, reported that

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