Australia : Farmers to plant record breaking cotton crop…something unthinkable

The Australian Cotton industry is gearing up for a record breaking crop with more than 583,000 hectares expected to be planted with cotton for the 2011-12 season, making it the largest cotton crop ever planted in this country.

Cotton Australia CEO Adam Kay says with good water availability and a favourable seasonal outlook, the cotton crop will be around 80,000ha larger than the previous record set by this year’s crop.