Most cropping and horticulture enterprises are concentrated in the higher rainfall coastal zone, particularly the irrigated floodplains of the Lower Burdekin, Bowen and Rollingstone. Dryland cropping occurs in large areas of the Belyando-Suttor sub-catchment. The fertile soils of the Burdekin Dry Tropics region support broadacre crops including approximately 1,050 km² of sugarcane and cotton surrounding Ayr … Continue reading Cropping and Horticulture Land Systems