Kapas is a long-duration crop harvested over 4-5 pickings. The first picking itself takes 100-120 days, with subsequent ones following every 15-20 days.
Farmers flock to sell kapas, CCI reports double procurement figures
Telangana recorded the highest procurement, where 4.83 lakh farmers sold 21.86 lakh bales of cotton to the CCI. Maharashtra with 2.05 lakh farmers selling 10.99 lakh bales has come second. December 24, 2020 11:21:29 pm
Cotton growers have started bringing in their produce to the markets and procurement centres of CCI since October. (Representational)
COTTON GROWERS in the country have accelerated their sales fearing another lockdown and disruption of sales. Till December 24, Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has reported a procurement of 65.10 lakh bales (each bale weighing 170 kg in combed ginned cotton), which is almost double the amount it procured last year at the same time.