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Posted by F H Essani on September 28, 2017

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Pests threaten Sindh’s Bt cotton production

The cotton crop is under pest and ‘sucking complex’ attack again this year in lower Sindh as crop has entered picking stage. Picking will be in full swing by September. But pest attacks on Bt cotton — a genetically modified variety, which produces an insecticide to bollworm — have become a regular phenomenon, due mainly to poor quality of seed, climate change, procurement price and degeneration. In Sindh, Bt cotton has been sown since 2010 as weather is suitable for this variety, especially in the coastal belt of province’s lower region. This is why Sindh is still coming up with more per-acre yields than Punjab despite factors affecting cotton crop, says Dr Khalid Abdullah, the federal cotton commissioner. Sindh achieved yields of more than 1,000 kilograms per hectare between 2011 and 2014 as compared to Punjab’s 700kg to 750kg during the period, he said, quoting figures of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. In 2011-12, per-hectare yield in Sindh touched 1,546kg, more than doub

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Cotton prices soar as normal activity revives

Prices went up sharply on the cotton market on Wednesday as normal trading activity revived on strong demand, dealers said. The official spot rate gained Rs 150 to Rs 6050, they said. In the ready session, nearly 20,000 bales of cotton changed hand between Rs 5950-6300, they said. In Sindh, seed cotton prices also picked up by Rs 100 to Rs 2600-2850 and in Punjab rates followed the same trend rising Rs 50 to Rs 2600-2800 as per 40 kg, they said. According to the market sources, cotton prices gained momentum following the negative reports regarding damages of crop in cotton producing areas. After Texas, Florida could also see some bad weather due to Irma, this factor has caused improved buying from mills and spinners, they said. Exporters were also seen in making fresh deals of cotton, influencing an idea of further rise in prices in the coming days, other analysts observed. Cotton analyst, Naseem Usman said that due to emergence of weather related negative reports, rates of cotto

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