As Bt cotton acreage stagnates, seed firms eye food crops in big way
Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
Vishwanath Kulkarni New Delhi, Feb 11 Stagnating acreage is prompting Bt cotton seed makers to diversify into food crops such as hybrid rice, corn and vegeta...
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Cotton inches up to 1-week high on forecasts for lower acreage
Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
* Cotton bumps against technical resistance at 84 cents * Lower acreage, higher demand forecasts support prices * Hefty carryover stocks limit gains By Chris...
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NCC Survey Suggests US Producers to Plant 9.01 Million Acres of Upland/ELS Cotton in '13
Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
MEMPHIS, Tenn. U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 9.01 million acres of cotton this spring, down 26.8 percent from 2012, according to the National Cotton ...
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Cotton futures hit 9-month top on US sowings fears
Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
Futures in new-crop cotton hit a nine-month high after industry experts cautioned that US output of the fibre could plunge to a 30-year low as growers switch...
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Fin Min gets tough, sends notices to 35,000 for not filing returns
Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
More than 12 lakh ‘non-filers’ identified Our Bureau New Delhi, Feb. 11 With direct tax collection falling short of the target, the Finance Ministry has begu...
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Cotton climbs after USDA report; 1st weekly loss this year
Monday, 11th February, 2013
* Cotton jumps 1.6 percent following USDA report * USDA says more than half world carryover in China * Fiber posts first weekly loss since start of year By C...
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Cotton Rallies as USDA Boosts Forecast of Imports by China Mills
Monday, 11th February, 2013
Cotton futures rallied the most in a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its forecast of imports by China, the world’s largest user. China ...
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USA: NCC Survey projects 9.01 million acres of cotton in 2013
Monday, 11th February, 2013
Mid-South producers could plant as few as 1 million acres of cotton in 2013, according to the National Cotton Council’s 30th Annual Early Season Planting Int...
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INDIA: Sonipat farmers dump cotton for sugarcane
Monday, 11th February, 2013
SONIPAT Due to the sliding industrial demand of cotton and its price tumbling from Rs 4,800 per quintal to Rs 4,000 per quintal, the cotton farmers based in ...
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Cotton Corporation of India's refusal to buy soaked cotton angers ryots:
Monday, 11th February, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 - WARANGAL Cotton farmers resorted to protests demanding that the cotton that had got soaked in rain water on Friday morning be purchased by the ...
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