Azerbaijan has decreased cotton yield

September was not the most favorable cotton harvest. The average yield from the hectare was 14.4 centners, which is 1 ° less than in September 2020.

According to Turan, with reference to the State Statistics Committee, on October 1, 45,100 tons of raw cotton were handed over to the cotton-cleaning factories. This is 25% more than last year.

This year cotton has been sown per 100 thousand hectares. The Ministry of Agriculture has not yet disclosed forecasts for harvesting. According to the department, 430 cotton harvesters have been published on the fields from late September.

In 2020, 100.3 thousand hectares of land were assigned to cotton, or 6.1% of sowing areas. 336.8 thousand tons of crop were collected.