MULTAN:- The Punjab government is extending subsidy of billions of rupees on recommended varieties of cotton seed. According to assistant director agriculture (information) Naveed …
Raw cotton export up 48.7pc in 7 months
ISLAMABAD – Raw cotton export form the country during first seven months of current financial year grew by 48.72 percent as compared to corresponding …
Cotton prices stable on strong demand
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Thursday as buyers kept looking for quality lots. At the outset, …
Council to achieve Cotton Mission 2025
LAHORE – The stakeholders of cotton supply chain have constituted a Council of Cotton Stakeholders to finalise a joint strategy on achieving cottonproduction targets set under the Cotton Mission …
Ban imposed on early sowing of cotton
MULTAN – Assistant Director Agriculture Naveed Asmat Kohloon has said that Punjab agriculture department has imposed ban on cultivation of cotton till the …
Textile exports increase 7.2pc to $7.73bn in the last seven months
KARACHI: Pakistan’s textile exports surged by 2.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to $1.085 billion in January 2018 compared to $1.064 billion …
Farmers urged to purchase certified cotton seeds only
The Punjab Agriculture Department Tuesday urged farmers to purchase only certified cotton seeds for a bumper production. The farmers should …
Steps in place to make Punjab cotton valley
MULTAN – Punjab Secretary Agriculture Muhammad Mehmood on Sunday said that South Punjab would be recognised as a cotton valley by 2020 in the world. He …
Cotton arrivals at ginning factories up by 7.51pc
MULTAN – The arrivals of cotton at ginning factories across the country till January 31, 2018 registered 7.51 per cent increase compared to corresponding period …
Govt to give admin control of cotton to Food Security Ministry
Government is considering to bring the cotton crop management under the administrative control of Ministry of National Food Security and …
UK Cotton growers facing complete crop loss after alleged herbicide drift
On Christmas Day farmers around Walgett in north-west New South Wales noticed their infant cotton plants had begun to wither. Leaves began …