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US on course for smallest cotton crop in seven years

04/08/2022
US on course for smallest cotton crop in seven years

Cotton industry information resource Cotlook has said the 2022-2023 crop in the US is likely to be the smallest since 2015-2016.

Previously, the US Department of Agriculture had forecast a 2022-2023 crop of 16.5 million bales. In early July, it reduced this to 15.5 million owing to chronic drought, exceptionally high temperatures and high winds in west Texas, the US’s largest cotton-growing region.

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