History is being made in Western Australia's Kimberley, as the first commercial cotton crop is picked since the collapse of the industry in the 1970s.
While there have been several failed attempts to re-establish cotton in the Ord Valley, this time around the industry is gaining momentum.
The general manager of the Ord Stage 2 developer Kimberley Agricultural Investment, Jim Englke, said there had been skepticism in the past about broad-scale cropping in northern Australia.
But farmers in the valley believe cotton could be the base crop they had been looking for since the demise of the sugar cane industry in the mid-2000s.