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In order to ensure availability of cotton for domestic mills, the Indian Government had directed Cotton Corporation of India Ltd to sell its stock of cotton (cotton season 2015-16), purchased under MSP, to spinning mills in the micro small medium enterprise (MSME) category to contain fluctuation in cotton prices.

Early season drought, followed by hail storms and hot, dry, windy weather is taking a toll on High Plains cotton prospects in the US.

Finding new applications and concentrating on functionalities of King Cotton are important. This was disclosed by Dr Kater Hake, Vice-President of Agricultural and Environmental Research at Cary, USA-based Cotton Incorporated while delivering the first Narendra C Sheth Memorial cotton lecture sponsored by C A Galiakotwala & Co Pvt Ltd, in Mumbai recently.

Mali, which produces eight lakh tonnes of cotton a year, is looking at direct exports of cotton to the Indian textile industry.

M Senthilkumar, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has welcomed GST era for the textile industry and highly appreciated the NDA Government especially the Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani

Zimbabwe’s cotton sector is going through revival following a $42 million input subsidy availed by the Government, which saw renewed interest in production from thousands of small scale farmers in major producing areas across the country.

The eight-day training programme—Cotton Classing & Testing—took place in Bremen, Germany from May 9-16 and was delivered by industry experts from ICA Bremen, and the Bremen Fibre Institute (FIBRE). The training concentrated purely on quality issues in raw cotton.