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Post forecasts MY 2018/19 cotton acreage at 12.35 million hectares with a production forecast of 28.1 million 480 lb. bales.

FAS Mumbai forecasts marketing year (MY) 2018/19 cotton acreage at 12.35 million hectares and production at 28.5 million 480-pound (lb) bales. Indian cotton exports will remain slow.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2018 (June to September) was 9 percent lower than the fifty-year average....

The Turkish cotton crop for marketing year (MY) 2018/19 is now estimated at 560,000 hectares and 920,000 metric tons - MT (4.2 million bales).

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.

In the past decade, India has emerged as a major agricultural exporter, with exports climbing from just over $5 billion in 2003 to a record of more than $39 billion in 2013.

Minister of Science and Technology approved revised regulations that will create a positive environment for seed companies to start research.