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Post forecasts MY 2018/19 (August to July) area for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Senegal at 1.71 million hectares (HA), a 0.9 percent increase from the previous year due mainly to reported....

The cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2018 reported by the Indian Meteorological Department, as of September 23, 2018, was 9 percent lower than the fifty-year average.

The Department of Agriculture made changes to the process for registering new plant varieties.

For the first time in a decade, direct flights to the United States from Northeastern China will be possible.

China’s cotton planted area and production are both forecast to decrease in MY18/19 as a moderate acreage expansion in Xinjiang is more than offset by a sharp fall in planting area in other regions.

FAS Islamabad forecasts Pakistan’s MY 2018/19 (August to July) cotton production at 8.5 million 480 lb. bales, up 300,000 bales or 4 percent from the last year’s level.

Post forecasts MY 2018/19 (August to July) area for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Senegal at 1.71 million hectares (HA), a 0.9 percent increase from the previous year....

Total cotton production for marketing year (MY) 2018/19 is forecast to be 1.59 million bales, 2 percentage higher than the previous marketing year.

Post forecasts India’s MY 2018/19 cotton production at 28.5 million 480 lb. bales on 11.8 million hectares.

The MY 2018/19 Turkish cotton crop now estimated at 550,000 hectares and 920,000 MT (4.2 million bales).

Post lowered its MY 2018/19 area and production forecast to 11.8 million hectares and 28.5 million 480 lb. bales.

Delayed rains and low reservoir levels have led to a ten percent lower Kharif crop planting than the normal five year average during the southwest monsoon (June to September).