Related Keywords: adding to the profits, back to normal, crop output and rates, increase in cotton prices steadily, Malwa farmers, Punjab cotton belt, Raw cotton price rose, record cotton arrivals in the state
Punjab's cotton belt is back to normal in crop output and rates having faced the worst-ever crisis due to the widespread whitefly attack in 2015. Till February 3, cotton arrivals in the state were recorded at 5.72 lakh bales (one bale = 170 kg). Moreover, increase in cotton prices steadily adding to the profits of Malwa's farmers. Raw cotton, which fetched Rs 5,100-5,300 per quintal in the last week of December 2016, rose to Rs 6,000 per quintal in first week of February.
