A big dry will need home-grown spirit, farmer warns

Cotton farmer Glenn Rogan is not concerned about how foreign investors operate Cubbie Station when times are good and rains are plentiful.

But the second-generation St George grower knows the land will inevitably dry up and farmers will again have to band together to survive. He worries that a majority foreign-owned Cubbie Station may not pitch in with the same local spirit. "A good reason to have local investors into it is for the tough times," Mr Rogan said.