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The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) has revised its cotton output estimate to 370 lakh bales (1bale= 170 kg) from the previous estimate of 377 lakh bales for cotton season 2018 beginning October 1, 2017.

The Cotton Advisory Board CAB has revised its cotton output estimate to 370 lakh bales 1bale 170 kg from the previous estimate of 377 lakh bales for cotton season 2018 beginning October 1, 2017.

Millions are being invested to boost cotton research in Texas. Cotton research gets a boost from the State of Texas through its Governor’s University Research Initiative. Texas has funded US$5 million to boost research and education in cotton at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock.

Stickiness in cotton is one of the major trouble shooting problems in the mills and ginning units. Stickiness leads to choke ups in ginning and loss in production is up to 10-15 per cent.

P Nataraj, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Textiles for considering the long pending demand and relaxing the cabotage rule for cotton transport.

P Nataraj, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Textiles for considering the long pending demand and relaxing the cabotage rule for cotton transport.

Kenya’s cotton sector is generally characterised by about 140,000 smallholder farmers with a low average yield of 0.53 tonnes of seed cotton per hectare, according to the World Bank.