India: Cotton Production Update

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Post lowered its MY 2018/19 area and production forecast to 11.8 million hectares and 28.5 million 480 lb. bales. The delay in monsoon rains in Central India and the continued risk of pest pressure prompted farmers to shift to alternative crops in cotton growing states. Optimistic weather forecasts for the second half of the southwest monsoon may improve prospects of higher cotton yields.

India: Cotton Production Update 

 

South and Central Asia, India
Cotton

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