Picking underway in Emerald

Kelly Butterworth
Updated February 10 2017 - 12:02pm, first published 11:32am
Orana and Trawalla farm manager Carlo Stangherlin (right) with leading hand Daniel Palinkas are busy picking this year's cotton crop.
Orana and Trawalla farm manager Carlo Stangherlin (right) with leading hand Daniel Palinkas are busy picking this year's cotton crop.

WHILE some Emerald cotton growers are busy irrigating their late-planted crops, the early planters are reaping the rewards with pickers out in the paddocks. 

Kelly Butterworth

Rockhampton-based journalist covering all things ag.

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