Cotton output this cotton year (Oct 13-Sept 14) is expected to be at an all-time high despite the sowing under cotton being lower compared to last year as the yield per hectare has gone up. The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) in its first meeting for the current cotton year, has pegged it at 37.5 million bales ( a bale is 170 kg). Last year (Oct 12-Sept 13), the total area under cotton was revised upwards by the CAB at 36.5 million bales. In last April, the board had pegged output at 34 million bales.
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