Aussie shoppers are cottoning-on to the benefits of wearing and using natural fibres - with disturbing research linking microplastic pollution to artificial fibres.

The cotton indusry is also expanding into new regions - mainly in northern Australia.

But there may be challenegs ahead, with just half the plantings this season - compared to two years ago.

Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Cotton Australia CEO Adam Kay.

Aussie shoppers are cottoning-on to the benefits of wearing and using natural fibres - with disturbing research linking microplastic pollution to artificial fibres.
The cotton indusry is also expanding into new regions - mainly in northern Australia.
But there may be challenegs ahead, with just half the plantings this season - compared to two years ago.
Rural Reporter Gabrielle Hodson spoke with Cotton Australia CEO Adam Kay.

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Australia cottons on to natural fibre - bue there are fears about the season ahead

In today's National Rural News:  

**  One Nation has huge plans for infrastructure spanning several states in regional Australia - including the inland rail, iron boomerang and a project to funnel monsoonal Queensland rain into the Murray-Darling -  but questions are being raised about where the estimated $125 billion will come from.

** Barnaby Joyce's dog gives metro TV viewers a rude shock. 

** And the Rural Doctors Association of Australia wants you to share a lamington - and make a connection.

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** &nbsp;One Nation has huge plans for infrastructure spanning several states in regional Australia - including the inland rail, iron boomerang and a project to funnel monsoonal Queensland rain into the Murray-Darling - &nbsp;but questions are being raised about where the estimated $125 billion will come from.
** Barnaby Joyce's dog gives metro TV viewers a rude shock.&nbsp;
** And the Rural Doctors Association of Australia wants you to share a lamington - and make a connection.
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

National Rural News Tuesday 21 July

In today's National Rural News:  

**  Hope on the horizon for the nation's grain growers - with welcome rain amid costs that are dangerously close to production for several crops'

** A dead whale south of Sydney tested for H5 bird flu,

** The trucks watchdog uses a court injunction to stop a operator and their fleet in Queensland.

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

In today's National Rural News: &nbsp;
** &nbsp;Hope on the horizon for the nation's grain growers - with welcome rain amid costs that are dangerously close to production for several crops'
** A dead whale south of Sydney tested for H5 bird flu,
** The trucks watchdog uses a court injunction to stop a operator and their fleet in Queensland.
Plus the latest from the markets and more.&nbsp;
Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

National Rural News Monday July 20

High voltage transmission lines have been making farmers and country firefighters angry for a long time.

With a line proposed that would connect Windfarm electricity to Melbourne and beyond, Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson caught up with Jason Barratt - who farms at Gre Gre and is captain of the Traynors Lagoon CFA.

He says there's "no way in hell" he'd sent crews in to battle a blaze on a property where there's a massive tranmission line.

High voltage transmission lines have been making farmers and country firefighters angry for a long time.
With a line proposed that would connect Windfarm electricity to Melbourne and beyond, Rural reporter Gabrielle Hodson caught up with Jason Barratt - who farms at Gre Gre and is captain of the Traynors Lagoon CFA.
He says there's "no way in hell" he'd sent crews in to battle a blaze on a property where there's a massive tranmission line.

Australia cottons on to natural fibre - bue there are fears about the season ahead

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