For 100 years, Queensland Cotton has been purchasing cotton from all production regions across Australia. Today, Queensland Cotton is part of the Olam Agri Global Cotton Business and has access to buying quality cotton from over 40 countries. Over the past century, Queensland Cotton has established valuable connections with growers and international mills to provide several marketing options, such as cash price of the day and forward buying. Queensland Cotton’s Australian cotton is marketed and exported across parts of Asia, the Subcontinent and Eastern Europe. 

Queensland Cotton operates six cotton gins across Queensland and New South Wales. Operational excellence and quality service is key to our gin’s successes. Our ginning infrastructure is well-maintained and undergoes regular servicing to ensure Queensland Cotton continues to produce bales to the highest standard. All six gin sites are in local cotton growing regions and operate at over 100% of their rated capacity.

Queensland Cotton warehouses are located at seven of our nine gins and store approximately 75% of the cotton bales Queensland Cotton purchases in Australia. Through our close work and connections with third party warehousing and shipping providers, cotton produced can be exported directly from our internal warehouse hubs at Dalby, Cecil Plains and Wee Waa. Our warehousing facilities give our growers the opportunity to safely store their baled cotton and explore marketing options.

Cottonseed trading and marketing is complementary to our ginning services. Our Bulk Storage Site located at Cecil Plains gives us the ability to trade to domestic and international markets, including Asia and the United States. Seed is also traded locally to graziers and feedlots across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.