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Post’s production estimate for MY 2015/16 is lowered to 27.8 million 480 lb. bales.
Bt corn and Bt cotton will likely be the first ever genetically modified crops to be cultivated in Kenya if the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) approves applications submitted...
As initially forecasted in April 2015, C3+2 countries produced 3.5 million bales (1.8 million tons) of seed cotton in MY2014/15 (Aug/July).
MY15/16 cotton production is forecast down to 5.5 million tons. This forecast is based on 19 percent fall in planted area in response to the lower government’s price support for cotton planting.
The MY 2015/16 production estimate is 29 million 480 lb. bales. Planted area reached 11.26 million hectares and is expected to climb higher.