Tag: cotton seeds

A cotton textiles success story!

- September 10, 2019

Agarwal’s supplier, who manufactures 600,000 square meters of fabric per day is hoped to consume about 500,000 bales of United States’ cotton this year. Read More

Govt lowers sale price of Bt cotton seeds

- March 14, 2019

The Centre has marginally lowered the maximum sale price of Bt cotton seeds (BG-II) for a 450-gram packet to Rs 730 for the 2019-20 season. Read More

Rivatex signs deal with Kenya’s cotton farmers

- February 27, 2019

Kenya’s cotton farmers in Kerio Valley have finalised a deal with Rift Valley Textiles (Rivatex) to sell its produce to the company. Read More

Hyderabad firm buys Monsanto’s cotton seed biz

- September 19, 2017

Hyderabad-based Tierra Agrotech Pvt Ltd has acquired the branded cotton seeds business of Monsanto Holdings as the US-based seed giant battles a bitter dispute with ... Read More

Farmers switch to cotton from soya

- June 20, 2017

Encouraged by showers under monsoons, the farmers in the Kamareddy district in Telengana in India have pinned hopes on cotton crop with soya cultivated last ... Read More

PAU develops reusable BT cotton seeds

- April 10, 2017

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 ... Read More

India’s first Bt cotton developed

- March 17, 2017

Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana has announced that it has developed country's first genetically-modified (Bt) varieties of cotton — the seeds of which could be ... Read More