Cotton prices yesterday decreased by -0.59% to 57500 as farmers who had been hanging onto their crop in anticipation of a return to record-high prices from the previous year have begun to sell their harvest. From the historical average of 20,000 bales per day in May, the daily arrival of cotton in the markets has…
Due to growers starting to deliver the goods they had been holding back for a few months to the agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards, cotton prices have dropped by over 9% in the last two weeks. “Farmers in a number of States have altered their minds and are eager to sell their stockpiled kapas…
In comparison to its predictions made in December 2022, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) Tuesday reduced its outlook for cotton prices globally. According to ICAC’s May projection, the season’s average price is expected to range between 96.1 and 111.3 cents per pound, with 102.77 cents being the middle. This is less than the midpoint…
Cotton prices dropped by 0.29% to 62640 as the market was pressured by the likelihood of increased output and decreased consumption in India. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) predicts that the country’s cotton production will rise by 19.3% to 360.2 lakh bales (each weighing 170 kg) for the crop year 2022–2023 from 302 lakh…
Due to increased demand and decreased crop output in the current season, cotton prices are predicted to reach 75,000 per candy by the middle of this year. India will soon cease being a net exporter of cotton due to its high consumption, according to Atul Ganatra, president of the Cotton Association of India. With fewer…
By mid-2023, according to the president of the Cotton Association of India (CAI), cotton prices could reach Rs 75,000 per candy. This is because there is a significant gap between the crop’s current-season production and the high demand from both domestic and foreign markets. India will soon cease to be a net exporter of cotton…
This season (October 2022–September 2023) will likely see cotton exports reach a 19-year low due to weak demand from importing nations as a result of the slowing economies in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that Indian cotton exports will fall by 500,000 bales this month to 1.8 million (U.S….
The 125 lakh hectares of natural fiber in India are planted with cotton, but only 12% of that cotton is organic. With the organic variant, though, islands of ongoing studies show promise. In order to obtain 400 tonnes of organic cotton during the 2022–2023 kharif season, 3,000 tribal farmers have gathered under the auspices of…
The agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards in the growing regions in India have seen cotton arrivals start to rise to a three-year high in March. This is due to the fact that, according to traders and industry leaders, the price of natural fiber has stabilized between 60,000 and 62,000 per candy (356 kg) and…
The cotton crop for the 2022–23 season (October–September) is predicted to be a low of 313 lakh bales (each weighing 170 kg), down from the earlier expectation of 321.50 lakh bales, driven by a decline in production in the cotton-growing states of Telangana and Maharashtra. 307 lakh bales of cotton were thought to have been…
