Traditional owners in Western Australia's far north Kimberley region have signed a memorandum of understanding with controversial irrigated cotton giant Cubbie Farming.
MG Corporation is planning to lease two lots of Goomig farmland to Cubbie Agriculture once it has formally secured the land from the State Government.Traditional owners in Western Australia's far north Kimberley region have signed a memorandum of understanding with controversial irrigated cotton giant Cubbie Farming.
If trials are successful they will apply for federal funding to build a gin in Kununurra, which could cost more than $30 million The MOU will see the two organisations work together to investigate the feasibility of cotton growing trials on two parcels of MG's Goomig farmland, known as Lots 15 and 16.
"MG Corporation is currently very focused on realising our economic potential, so that we can generate income from our land to fund social programs to benefit our community," he said.
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