As summer sowing finalises across the state, agronomists say the 2025/26 cotton season has kicked off with a sense of optimism.

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It's a sentiment shared by Cotton Australia general manager Michael Murray, who expects above-average crops this season, with production estimated to reach over four million bales and close to 1.1 million tonnes of cottonseed.

Across NSW, growers will sow an estimated 191,000 hectares of irrigated cotton and 75,000ha of dryland, about 20 per cent less than the 2024/25 season.

More than half of that, 130,000ha irrigated and 75,000ha d

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