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USDA – Weekly Cotton Market Review: May 17, 2013
Spot cotton quotations averaged 98 points lower than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, leaf 4, staple 34, mike
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USDA – Cotton and Wool Outlook Report: May 14, 2013
Global Cotton Production To Decline in 2013/14 but Still Exceed Consumption The first U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton forecast for 2013/14 projects that world cotton production will decrease while consumption increases, although consumption
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India: Organic cotton faces hurdles despite potential to capture global market
CHENNAI, MAY 7: Sanjay Deshmukh, a farmer in his mid-30s in Kanzara village near Akola in Maharashtra, has not had a good experience with Bt cotton last year. “The prolonged dry weather took a
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India: Cotton prices will remain stable
The Central Government on Monday said that the Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) had projected cotton production at 340 lakh bales in the 2012-13 season and exports around 81 lakh bales. The cotton season runs
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‘Cotton output likely to be 340 lakh bales this season’
NEW DELHI: The Cotton Advisory Board(CAB) has projected 340 lakh bales of cotton production in 2012-13 season and expects exports to be at 81 lakh bales in the same period, Parliament was informed today. The
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Zimbabwe: Global Cotton Output Falls
Global cotton production is estimated to have declined 5 percent from 27,8 million tones last year to 26,3 million tonnes this season as more farmers switched to other cash crops, industry sources have said.
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Pakistan: Early cotton sowing target almost missed
The country had almost missed early cotton sowing target in the current season, which might hamper the commodity production in the upcoming year, informed sources revealed. Sources in the Ministry of Textile Industry toldBusiness
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India: Cotton may bloom as ginners hold back produce
RAJKOT, APRIL 29: Cotton price could tend to gain as ginners look to hold back their stocks, anticipating higher demand. They are looking to demand from domestic mills in view of a rise in
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CI focusing on farmers’ top production issues
Cotton farmers have identified six issues as top production concerns with input costs topping the list followed by 2) herbicide resistant weeds, 3)variety selection, 4)variety tolerance to heat and drought, 5)early weed control and
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Cotton prices to be stable in the coming year
A surplus situation for the third consecutive year in a row has led cotton markets across the globe to remain under pressure over the past oneand-a-half years. However, despite sufficient availability, prices have shown signs of
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Cotton prices fall in lacklustre trade
Cotton prices fell by about Rs 150 per maund (37.32 Kgs) this week in a dull and subdued market. Both the New York cotton futures and sundry commodities prices lost notable ground which later
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Cotton body raises output estimate to 340 lakh bales
MUMBAI, APRIL 17: The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) meeting held on Wednesday increased the cotton production outlook to 340 lakh bales (lb) for this cotton year (October to September) against 330 lb estimated at
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Cotton World Markets and Trade Report: April 12, 2013
Boom in Southeast Asia Boosts U.S. Cotton Shipments Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam) is back with record net imports to meet record consumption following steady declines since the global economic crisis. This region
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USDA – Cotton and Wool Outlook Report: April 12, 2013
Record Global Cotton Stocks Supported by China in 2012/13 The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2012/13 indicate that world ending stocks are expected to reach a record 82.5 million bales,
Read More »Cotton acres down, mainly due to price
The 2013 U.S. cotton crop is predicted to be down 19 percent from 2012, according to a March 28 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The report estimates 10 million acres of cotton
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Alabama cotton producers look to improve on record-high 2012 yields
Alabama cotton producers must be wondering what they can do for an encore after a 2012 season in which they made a record-high average yield of 952 pounds per acre. Almost no one saw
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Pakistan: Cotton trading improves
KARACHI: Trade turnover of cotton slightly improved to around 6,000 bales (155 kilograms each) after prices of the commodity fell at the local market, a dealer said on Thursday. “Falling cotton prices convinced the
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USDA: Weekly Cotton Market Review: April 5, 2013
Spot cotton quotations averaged 89 points higher than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, leaf 4, staple 34, mike
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Pakistan: Punjab faces shortfall of 2.5m cotton bales
KARACHI: Battered by last year’s heavy rains and flood, cotton crop in Punjab has suffered a mammoth loss of over 2.5 million bales or 20.91pc over the corresponding period last year when production stood
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Pakistan: Cotton production: government urged to convene all stakeholders’ meeting
Chairman of ginners group Haji Muhammad Akram and ex-vice chairman of PCGA Shehzad Ali Khan have urged upon the government to immediately convene a meeting of all stakeholders of cotton products to find the
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