Concern for cotton quality in big wet

Gregor Heard
May 12 2022 - 11:00am
WORST FEARS: Cotton producers are hoping there is not a repeat of this incident from several years ago where unginned cotton was ruined by rain.
WORST FEARS: Cotton producers are hoping there is not a repeat of this incident from several years ago where unginned cotton was ruined by rain.

SOUTHERN Queensland and NSW cotton producers with product still to be picked are hoping the massive weather system currently moving through Central Queensland will fade by the time it hits them.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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