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Noord-Kaap Katoen Produsentenuus

Aan die einde van Augustus kan ons terugkyk na ‘n 2012/2013 landbouseisoen en dankbaar wees dat ons oorleef
het. Die Noord-Kaap het weereens gewys dat niks so onvoorspelbaar soos die natuur kan wees nie en dat ons bitter
afhanklik is van ons Hemelse Vader vir goeie oeste of genoegsame veld vir ons diere.
ie katoenseisoen was ook gekenmerk en geraak deur ‘n droë gemiddelde wisselkoers van R10.95. Die katoenprys is baie bestendig
en warm seisoen en het die kwaliteite van die katoenplant en wissel tussen VSA$ 77c/lb en 80 c/lb. Verreken teen ‘n 36% GOT kan
Dweereens bewys dat hy goed aangepas is vir droogte en produsente R6 700 per ton as boerprys verwag.
hitte. In vergelyking met gemiddelde mielieoeste het die katoen Daar is ook heelwat verwikkelinge met nuwe kultivars en poog
baie goeie gemiddelde opbrengste van 5.4 ton per hektaar gelewer die katoenbedryf in sy geheel om die beste kultivar per streek te
met besondere Noord-Kaap kwaliteite. Gesien tesame met ‘n goeie identifiseer wat kwaliteit en opbrengs aan die produsent waarborg.
gemiddelde boerprys van R6 200 per ton het katoenprodusente die
vrugte gepluk van’n wyse besluit om te plant. Ons sien daarna uit om die komende seisoen katoenprodusente van
hulp te wees en te verseker dat die 2014-oesjaar nog ‘n groter sukses
Die vooruitsigte vir die komende jaar lyk belowend gegewe die wêreld
ekonomiese stabilisering en groei. Die Rand/Dollar wisselkoers is sal wees as 2013.
ook ten gunste van katoen wat ‘n dollar gebaseerde kommoditeit is Wilber Rudman, GWK Katoen Pluismeule
en is 20% van die komende seisoen se dollars reeds bemark teen ‘n
Insect Control costs declining as a

Share of Cotton Production Costs

Expenditures on insect control in cotton are essentially unchanged at about 16 or 17 cents per kilogram of cotton over the
last decade, despite inflation in chemical prices. However, as a percent of total production costs, insecticides are declining.

he latest ICAC survey of the cost of production shows that an Survey data indicate that in general, problems associated with insect
average of 16 cents were spent on insecticides themselves and control in cotton are improving around the world. Integrated pest
Ttheir application on cotton per kilogram of lint in 20012/13. management strategies, including reduced chemical use, use of
Expenditures on insect control in 2012/13 represented 11% of the net chemicals with reduced toxicity and persistence, use of chemicals
cost of cotton production. During 2000/01, expenditures on insecticides more precisely targeted at speci c pests and more e cient application
and applications averaged 17 cents per kilogram of production, but those methods, are contributing to the reduction in insecticide costs as a
expenditures represented 21% of the net cost of production at that time. share of total costs. A surge in the use of biotechnology in cotton has
also lowered insecticide use; about three-fourths of world cotton is now
Pesticides include herbicides to control weeds, insecticides to control produced with varieties with biotech traits.
arthropods, fungicides to control diseases and various other chemicals to
control secondary pests. According to Cropnosis, an agricultural chemical The ICAC undertakes a survey of the cost of production of raw cotton
research company in the United Kingdom, cotton’s share of world sales of every three years. The latest report contains data for 2012/13 and will be
plant protection chemicals by value fell to 6.2% in 2012, down from 6.5% in released at the 72nd Plenary Meeting of the ICAC to be held in Colombia
2011 and down from 11% in 1991. Cotton production accounted for 4.2% from September 29 to October 4, 2013.
of herbicide applications and 17.5% of world insecticide sales in 2012. Source: ICAC Secretariat

$2 Billion Indian Textile Subsidy Scheme Approved

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs of India has approved the continuation of the Technology Upgrade
Funding Scheme (TUFS) for the 12th Plan Period, which ends in March 2017. The total budget for TUFS during the 12th
five year plan will be approximately $2 billion dollars.

ndia has allocated $400 million for this fiscal year, which acts been raised from 10% to 15%. The continuation of TUFS is
as a subsidy for the textile industry, primarily in the weaving expected to help with an additional employment development
Isector. of 15.81 million workers.
In order to promote domestic manufacturing of textile TUFS was launched in 1999 and has attracted about half a
machinery, interest reimbursement on imported second-hand billion US dollars in investments so far.
shuttleless looms has been reduced from 5% to 2%.
By Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, as appeared on Cotton 24/7.
The one-time capital subsidy for new shuttleless looms has

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