Cotton prices rise sees pleasant problem for summer croppers

Gregor Heard
Updated May 31 2018 - 7:21am, first published May 30 2018 - 5:00pm
Cotton futures have risen to four year highs.
Cotton futures have risen to four year highs.

SUMMER croppers will be hoping extra hard they get the opportunity to plant in 2018-19 with both sorghum and cotton prices pushing to multi-year highs.

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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