World cotton crop down 9 percent due to low prices

The cotton harvest worldwide will drop by 9 percent this year as growers plant less land because of low market prices for the fiber, says the International Cotton Advisory Council. The intergovernmental body says world trade in cotton will rise slightly as Asian nations import more cotton, offsetting the ongoing downturn in sales to China, the… » Read More

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