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Cotton yields to improve
2 Mar 2009
Total Australian cotton production for 2008/09 is forecast to be 1.4 million bales, up from the record low of 0.62 million bales produced in 07/08 according to the US Department of Agriculture, but still below the ten year average of 2.4 million bales. 164,000 Ha have been planted to cotton this year according to ABARE with the prediction for yield rising to 8.5 bales per Ha, significantly better than the ten year average of 8.02 bales per Ha.
The Weekly Times, 02/03/2009
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