How Cotton Is Harvested In Australia (And Why It Uses Less Water)

Cotton appears in everything from footballs to denim to x-rays. Watch Australian farmers harvest this versatile crop and learn how they've managed to halve their water usage. Dr Karl's How Things Work – Stream now on ABC iview: https://ab.co/DrKarlHowThingsWork 00:00 Harvest Day in Emerald, Queensland 00:55 What Cotton Is Used For 01:20 Harvesting 6 Rows At Once 02:22 A Cotton Bale Weighs 2.5 Tonnes! 02:40 Australia Exports 99% Of Its Cotton 02:58 Cutting Water Use In Half This is an excerpt from Dr Karl's How Things Work Series 2, Episode 2. #Agriculture #Cotton #Science #Australia #DrKarlHowThingsWork Subscribe: https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Like:   / abcscience   Follow:   / abchealth   --------------------------------------------------------------- This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Please see the ABC Online Terms of Use for the reasons why we may remove content from this page, or ban people: http://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/