# 'Lint for socks and jocks, cotton seed for cattle': Northern cotton push grows - Grain Central

> Northern Australia is expanding commercial cotton production, with new gins proposed and Katherine identified as a possible site. Locally grown cottonseed would supply northern cattle producers.

- Date: 2020-08-18 · published 2020-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51724-lint-for-socks-and-jocks-cotton-seed-for-cattle-northern-cotton-push-grows
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

A local cottonseed supply could modestly reduce northern Australian feedlot reliance on imported cottonseed meal and other feed ingredients over time. The effect on global prices is negligible at this stage.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/lint-for-socks-and-jocks-cottonseed-for-cattle-northern-cotton-push-grows/

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