Australia’s new 2020/21 cotton harvest is off to a slow start. Cotton yields are ideal due to long summers without extreme heat.
According to forecasts from Australian authoritative institutions, Australia’s cotton planting area in 2020/21 will be 300,000 hectares, and cotton output will be 2.85 million bales, an increase of 100,000 bales from the March forecast. Higher than most market participants expected.
To be specific, this year Australia’s irrigated field area is 107,890 hectares, with a unit yield of 11.69 bales/ha, and a yield of 2.3127 million bales. The semi-irrigated field area is 20,000 hectares, with a unit yield of 7.6 bales/ha. The output is 151,900 bales, the dryland area is 82,970 hectares, the yield is 4.68 bales/ha, and the output is 388,600 bales.
It is understood that this year’s Australian summer did not end until the end of March, resulting in delayed harvest in most areas. Australian ginners have only started processing in the past two weeks, which is 2-3 weeks later than normal. From a quality point of view, the color grade of new cotton is ideal. The current problem is that the proportion of low horse value of new cotton in Moree is very high, and due to improper defoliation work, the leaf debris content of some new cotton is high. In addition to this, the fiber length and strength are ideal.
In addition, the proportion of dryland fields in the valley area is very high this year, and the harvest cannot be harvested until July. Although the yield is expected to be good, there is still some time before harvest, so we need to pay attention to changes in the situation. At present, Australia has entered winter. The temperature in cotton-producing areas will drop to around zero this weekend, and frost may occur in most cotton-producing areas. </p
