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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.

Graphic illustrating the top U.S. agricultural exports to India from 2006-2016.

Infographic discussing U.S. agricultural trade to India which topped $1.3 billion in 2016.

There have not been any significant developments since last year’s 2016 report....

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the cumulative rainfall for the Southwest Monsoon 2017 (June to September) was 5 percent lower than the fifty-year average....

For MY 2017/18, total area and production levels for West Africa are estimated to increase 2.75 percent to 2.95 million 480 lb. bales assuming good weather and strong farm gate prices.