COLEAMBALLY cotton growers Scott and Anita Hogan have taken the honours of supplying the cotton that marked the 500,000th bale ginned at Whitton-based gin Southern Cotton.
The milestone was reached last Thursday with the Trevail Park bale.
Southern Cotton general manager Kate O'Callaghan said the achievement was a reflection of the boom in cotton production.
"In 2011, Trevail Park grew 60 hectares of cotton for the first time, and now grow 10 times that amount with 640 hectares grown this year, and 800 hectares planned for 2015," she said.
"The Hogans are a great example of how local growers are contributing to cotton production growth."
"If you weigh it up from a dollars per megalitre perspective, cotton is a better crop with a better outcome - it's as simple as that," grower Scott Hogan said.
Simone Norrie
Journalist for The Land at Wagga Wagga.
Journalist for The Land at Wagga Wagga.
