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more-inThe Indian Cotton Federation has stressed on the need for all stakeholders to focus on quality of cotton. However, due to pink bollworm and pest attacks, the volume of the crop is expected to be between 360 lakh bales and 380 lakh bales. Mr.
Thulasidharan said the Cotton Advisory Board had estimated the cotton production this cotton season from October 2017 to September 2018 to be 370 lakh bales. J, Thulasidharan, president of the federation, said at its annual meeting on Sunday that grading of cotton needs a closer look. The Government should look at the possibility of bar coding cotton bales..