Purchase of 19.16 lakh quintals of cotton in Parbhani and Hingoli
By yash chouhan 2026-03-16 11:36:16
19.16 lakh quintals of cotton purchased in Parbhani, Hingoli
Parbhani: Season 2025-26 is in its last phase and till Thursday (12th), CCI (Cotton Corporation of India) and private sector purchased 19 lakh 16 thousand 972 quintals of cotton in Parbhani and Hingoli districts. Out of this, CCI purchased 10 lakh 33 thousand 191 quintals, while the private sector purchased 8 lakh 83 thousand 781 quintals of cotton.
At 14 centers in these two districts, 88,377 farmers had registered to sell cotton at guaranteed prices at CCI centers through the Cotton Kisan mobile app. At the beginning of the cotton procurement season, the open market price was below the guaranteed price.
This caused a break in CCI cotton procurement. Most farmers kept cotton at home, hoping that prices would rise further in the open market. But open market prices fell in February. For this reason the farmers went back to CCI. CCI had extended the deadline for purchasing cotton till Sunday (15th).
But due to holidays, many farmers could not sell cotton at CCI centres. Due to cotton prices being lower than the guaranteed price in the open market, farmers have demanded extension of the CCI cotton purchase deadline till March 31.
