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Water logging may reduce crop yield by up to 1 bale/ha with yields affected before symptoms are noticed.
Data Source: (USDA 2009) Cotton Supply & Distribution, Table 9, 10 & 11 & Downloadable Data Set – Cotton, http://www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/
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Brazil’s presence in the world cotton export market has steadily increased over the past ten years from an estimated 315 thousand 480lb bales in 2000 to a peak of 2.5 million 480lb bales in 2008.
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In the past ten years, Australia’s market share of world exports has declined significantly from 15% of world cotton exports in 2000 to an estimated 5% in 2009. During the same period, India has increased from less than 1% of world cotton exports to an estimated 20% in 2009.
