Page 3 - Cotton

GM mustard safe for food, feed use and cultivation, says govt

Says GM technology important for food security, import reduction

Cotton exports stall as farmers delay sales hoping for higher prices

The limited supplies are keeping local prices significantly above the global benchmark, making overseas sales unviable from the world's biggest producer of the fibre

India's cotton exports stall as farmers delay sales for higher prices

Indian traders are struggling to export cotton despite higher production as farmers are delaying sale of their harvest hoping for higher prices in coming months

Here's why factories making towels and bedsheets are shutting in Pakistan

As many as 100 smaller mills have suspended operations due to a shortage of good quality cotton, high fuel costs, and poor recovery of payments from buyers in flood-hit areas

Cotton sector pins hopes on stable demand-supply situation in new season

Yarn makers, though, complain of sharp drop in demand and growing stockpiles

'Adverse global conditions present a challenge for textile demand'

Cotton Council International executives say zero tariff regime should continue as it is beneficial to mills

Cotton, maize cultivation hit as heavy rain lashes parts of Tamil Nadu

In Permbalur district, a stream breach has led to destruction of more than 100 acres of cotton and maize cultivation

TMS Ep247: WFH & women, prof. of practice, markets, Jackson Hole conference

Can WFH arrangements get more women to work? What is UGC's 'professor of practice' scheme? Should you hold textile stocks amid high cotton prices? What is the Jackson Hole conference? All answers here

Rains, pests force world's top cotton producer India to import supplies

This confluence of extreme weather events brought on by climate change has sent cotton prices soaring by as much as 30%

Paddy acreage still down 13%, triggers final output fall concerns

In several states, farmers have already moved on to other short-duration crops such as pulses and coarse cereals abandoning paddy

Pink bollworm threatens cotton crop again even as options to fight it taper

Pink bollworm can inflict locule damage to the extent of 55% and can reduces seed cotton yield by up to 90%. It impacts the lint quality primarily

Spreading textile hubs

Govt must focus on downturn in cotton production

Procedural issues continue to hinder commercialisation of GM crops in India

Two decades after Bt cotton made its debut in India, commercialisation of genetically modified crops remains mired in complex procedural rules

Another PLI scheme for textile sector to be announced soon: Piyush Goyal

There is no need to extend waiver on import duty of cotton after September, says minister.

Kharif acreage drags as monsoon starts slow; may pick up in the weeks ahead

Shortfall in rains, which was over 40% till June 10, narrowed to 4% by June 24 largely due to a massive downpour in the East and North-East

CAI lowers cotton crop estimate to 31.5 mn bales for current season

Cotton Association of India reduced its estimate for the cotton crop output for the current season beginning October 2021 to 315.32 lakh bales of 170 kg each

Strong cotton prices could increase planting to record high of 15%

Higher output could help cool the rally in global and local cotton prices, which is hurting Asian apparel makers

Cotton rally squeezes Asian garment makers, threatens recovery from Covid

Losses have mounted for garment makers in Asia, among the region's top employers, with some smaller units suspending operations

TN spinning mill workers in distress amid strikes due to cotton price hike

The power looms and spinning mills are on indefinite strike due to the rising cotton prices even after waiving of import duty for cotton by 11 per cent

Traders must fulfill domestic cotton, yarn demand before exports: Goyal

The minister's comments came after textile mills in Tamil Nadu, a leading exporter of garments, went on a two-day strike earlier this week demanding a ban on exports