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USDA Forecasts Aussie Cotton Crop At 5mn Bales In 2023-24

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

Australia’s cotton production in the current season is forecast to rise by 200,000 bales to reach 5 million bales in the 2024-2025 cotton season, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its report The Aussie cotton crops are likely to benefit from average rainfall during the

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Chinese Research On Cotton Crop Resistance To Adverse Climates

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

The Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences will invest Yuan 15 million to develop cotton crops, which will cope with adversities such as pests, high and low temperatures, droughts, etc. The academy will introduce biological technologies such as genetic engineering to develop and introduce excellent genes into cotton crops to improve their resistance to various

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Indian Cotton Rates Fall At Slower Pace Versus Global Prices

Textile Insights April 15, 2024

Global cotton prices fell in the last few weeks. Correspondingly, Indian cotton prices too dipped but albeit at a slower pace. The May cotton futures contract on ICE, which touched a high of 101.80 cents per pound on February 28 had eased to 83 cents per pound in the second week of April or down […]

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Chinese Cotton Planting Acreage To Decrease 1.5% In 2024

Textile Insights April 11, 2024

The China Cotton Association conducted the second phase of the 2024 cotton planting intention survey among a total of 1,997 designated farmers in 10 provinces and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The survey results show that the country’s intended cotton planting area in 2024 is 41.12 million acres, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5 percent, the same […]

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Brazilian Institute Developing Bio-Pesticides For Cotton Crop

Textile Insights April 9, 2024

The Instituto Senai de Tecnologia (IST) in Brazil has partnered the Instituto Mato-grossense do Algodão (Ima-MT) to develop bio-pesticides which can be used for biological control of cotton crops. The project named Agrobio-MT will contribute to integrated pest management through bio-pesticides for producing sustainable cotton, at a lower cost and less dependent on chemical

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Mills Are Buying Cotton But Need Uptick In Demand: Dr Ramkumar

Textile Insights April 8, 2024

On April 2, 2024, about 350 people gathered in Lubbock for the 67th annual meeting of the Plains Cotton Growers (PCG). PCG’s President Martin Stoerner opened the meeting stating the last two years have been tough for the producers, but the industry is resilient and hopes for a better 2024. The recent USDA’s Prospective Planting […]

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USDA Projects US Cotton Production At Nearly 40 Year Low

Textile Insights April 8, 2024

According to the latest US Department of Agriculture report, the department has projected US cotton production to be down by 300,000 bales to 12.1 million bales, the lowest level in nearly 40 years. Global cotton production is up about 100,000 bales to 113.0 million as a larger cotton crop in India more than offsets lower […]

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400 Delegates From 40 Countries Attend Bremen Cotton Conference

Textile Insights April 8, 2024

Around 400 delegates from almost 40 countries attended the 37th International Cotton Conference Bremen which was held from March 20 to 22. On site and online, attendees were able to attend eleven sessions with almost 70 speakers and find out about the latest research findings and innovative practical applications in the cotton industry. Lively presentations […]

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Turkey Emerging As Fifth Largest Cotton Exporter In 2023-24

Textile Insights April 6, 2024

Turkey is going to emerge as the fifth largest exporter as well as consumer of cotton in cotton marketing year 2023-24. According to a latest United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, Turkish cotton exports have doubled in the past two years to the highest level in nearly 50 years. This is mainly because domestic […]

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Cotton Area In Brazil’s Biggest Cotton Producing State Up 16.8%

Textile Insights April 4, 2024

Cotton acreage in Mato Grosso, the biggest cotton producing state in Brazil has been projected at 1.41 million hectares in the 2023-24 cotton season, up 16.84 percent compared to the earlier season. “This increase was driven by the fibre’s greater competitiveness in relation to other crops, especially corn,” Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics said […]