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All pointers are pointing in the right direction for cotton, and the current cotton year is sure to bring more cheer to the cotton stakeholders in India, spells out an ITJ Exclusive Report.

After a year of whimpers and subdued whispers, it’s all smiles on the cotton front now!

All pointers are pointing in the right direction for cotton, and the current cotton year is sure to bring more cheer to the cotton stakeholders in India, spells out an ITJ Exclusive Report.

Cotton industry stakeholders in the High Plains of Texas who gathered in Lubbock recently, were highly optimistic on this year’s cotton planting, Washington politics and global demand and market scenario. There is going to be lot of acres in Texas with about 20 per cent increase in acreage predicted.

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed two varieties of BT cotton whose plant’s seed can be used in the next season and has become the first agriculture institute to develop reusable seeds.

The 34th International Cotton Conference Bremen will take place from March 21 to 23, 2018 at the impressive medieval Town Hall of the Hanseatic Town of Bremen, Germany.

The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has urged Edapadi Palaniswami, the Chief minister of Tamil Nadu to remove 1 per cent Agricultural Market Committee Cess on cotton and cotton waste for the state budget of 2017-18.

Textile mills have started to import cotton from West Africa and the US as the landed costs are on par with the prevailing market price in the country.

In India, this season’s 65 per cent of cotton crop has arrived and if the price stability is maintained, it will be win-win for the cotton and textile sectors