Maharashtra: Cotton production declines in Khandesh, 18 lakh bales of cotton will be produced.
2025-05-22 11:34:20
Maharashtra: Sharp Decline in Khandesh Cotton Yield Alarms Farmers
Cotton production is low in Khandesh this year. The production of cotton bales continues, and it is expected that the ginning industry in Khandesh will produce about 1.8 million cotton bales (one bale is 170 kg) this season 2024/25 (by the end of September 2025).
Every year during the cotton season, 2.2 to 2.3 million bales of cotton are produced in Khandesh. But in the last few years, there has been a steady decline in production. Cotton production is also expected to decrease due to reduced cotton cultivation in Jalgaon district and crop disease. Because the cotton processing industry in Khandesh operates at a rapid pace in the post-Diwali period. But this year this process is moving at a slow pace due to low supply of cotton.
Continuous rains continued in October 2024 and even before that, affecting the cotton crop. Cotton production is decreasing. Producers and other organizations are not able to achieve the target of cotton production due to shortage of cotton
The arrival of cotton in Khandesh has been low from the beginning. Currently, 1,500 quintals of cotton are arriving in Khandesh every day. In the last season, an average of 18,000 quintals of cotton arrived per day in November and December. In the first fortnight of this month, the arrival of cotton has been continuously low.
At present, not much purchase is being done from the villages as well. Because farmers no longer have much stock of cotton.
Many people had cultivated cotton based on the availability of water and grew crops of gram, wheat, maize etc. In many villages, the cotton harvesting season has ended in January itself. Due to this, the situation regarding the arrival of cotton in the villages is not very positive. Now there will be no further increase in the arrival of cotton.
The dry season cotton crop was harvested rapidly in December. But there too the production is low. The arrival of cotton was also good in December.
Farmers also have very low stock of cotton at this time. Many people sold it within a few days of picking cotton.
The pace of arrival in cotton mills was only for a few days. This year the arrival was very low.
The stock with the farmers has reduced. Now there will not be much arrival. It seems that due to low production, the production of cotton bales will decrease in Khandesh this year 2024/25.
