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  • Australian Cotton Forum Agenda Round Up

    The 2025 Australian Cotton Forum program is now live with 16 fast-paced sessions including intergenerational family farming, traceability, sustainability, circularity, innovation and marketing. You’ll hear from a company pioneering the use of on-farm robots, a young scientist about her blue-sky research to potentially use genes to trace cotton, a panel of women in cotton on inclusion, a Seamless-led panel on circularity in action and a fireside chat with RB Sellars on how to engage customers with Australian cotton stories.

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  • Australian Cotton Featured Nationally on 60 Minutes

    Australian cotton took centre stage in a recent segment on Channel 9’s 60 Minutes, offering powerful exposure for brands and retailers. The story explored the impact of international trade policy on Australian-grown commodities, including cotton. Featuring respected cotton grower Andrew Watson and filmed on his farm in Boggabri, the segment brought viewers to the heart of where Australian cotton begins its journey.

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  • Global Cotton Market Outlook: What Brands Need to Know

    The global cotton market is facing a potential surplus, with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) this month projecting a 7% increase in world cotton lint production to 25.8 million tonnes for the 2024/25 season. This growth outpaces the expected 2% rise in consumption to 25.5 million tonnes, pointing to a bearish market outlook.

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  • How to use cotton fabric technologies

    An enormous amount of research and development investment has been made in finding new ways with cotton

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  • How is Australian Cotton Bought and Sold?

    Cotton is an agricultural commodity that's traded on the world market and the vast majority of Australian cotton is exported as raw cotton bales to spinning mills.

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Cotton Australia has formed a number of authentic partnerships with retailers, brands, manufacturers and supply chain partners who share the industry's values. If your organisation believes in reducing environmental footprint, the fair and safe treatment of workers, quality product and supply chain traceability - then we may be in business.

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