Cotton growers in Telangana have planned to stage statewide protests in order to press their demand for $15,000 per quintal, which is lower than it was last year. In the State, cotton is farmed on over 50 lakh acres. Farmers continued to grow cotton in 2022, encouraged by the previous season’s record prices, which rose…
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have seen a sharp decline in cotton arrivals. When compared to the same day last year, when arrivals were 3.61 lakh quintals, this year’s arrivals at Warangal market yard have decreased by nearly 45% to 1.98 lakh quintals. Farmers have attributed the poor yields this year to excessive rains at the…
The cotton crop in India for 2022–2023 is expected to be 4.25 lakh bales (each weighing 170 kg) lower than the previous year, when 307.05 lakh bales were produced, due to forecast declines in production in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Haryana. The CAI predicted a decrease in cotton production for November in Punjab (0.75 lakh…
Telangana-based researchers have successfully tested the high-density planting system (HDPS), which has the potential to boost cotton yields by 30 to 50%. In approximately 3,642 hectares spread over 26 districts in Telangana, researchers from Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) and the State Agricultural Ministry have started HDPS demonstrations in farmers’ fields. It’s like…
The Cotton Association of India (CAI), the industry’s leading organization, has urged the Minister of Commerce, Food, and Textiles, to immediately reduce the 11 percent import duty on cotton. Atul S. Ganatra, president of CAI, wrote to Goyal to demand that the government reduce the duty on cotton because domestic prices are 15% higher than…
When cultivating pulses in the kharif season, N Venkatappa, a farmer in Vathugundla village in Telangana’s Narayanpet district, typically grows groundnut as the second crop. But he wanted to give cotton a try this time. “I have ensured irrigation and a borewell. My choice has generated a great deal of curiosity from my fellow farmers,”…
Traders predict grim futures for the export of the fibre crop as domestic cotton prices continue to dominate higher than rates in the international market. At the same time as key producing regions are seeing an increase in cotton arrivals at agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards, However, farmers would rather hold back their produce…
When compared to the previous season, the closing cotton stock for the 2022–23 growing season may increase by 2.5 million bales (170 kg per bale) to roughly 5.8 million bales due to lower domestic and export consumption as well as higher output driven by increased sowing area. In India, the cotton season lasts from October…
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has anticipated that the domestic cotton demand for India for the 2022–23 season up to September will be roughly 18 lakh bales (170 kg each) lower at 300 lakh bales or nearly 6% less than last year’s 318 lakh bales. The fall in domestic consumption was ascribed to mill…
In anticipation of further drops in cotton prices and weak yarn demand, some spinning factories, notably in south India, are observing prolonged holidays for Diwali. Some millers, led by the Tamilnadu Spinners Association (TASMA), have urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to prolong the window for duty-free import of cotton until March 31 because the demand…
