PakAgriFarming News Week vol. 02 (30-12-2012 to 05-01-2013)
Top Story Cotton Markets stable despite Energy Crisis The continued cuts in the supply of electricity and gas to the cotton mills will result in collapse of cotton industry: PCGA. PakAgriFarming News Week vol. 02 (Cover) Last week there was sudden breakdown of power supply to the cotton mills due to which there were piles of raw cotton in the stores and the purchase were static. Even in this situation the price of cotton did not drop and a slight increase was seen in the prices. Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has warned that if such situation prolongs there will be worse consequences to the cotton farmers because the mills will not be able to purchase if energy crisis continues. In the recent times, the gap of energy production has only widened and the government is not keen to solve the problems of the major sector of national economy. News 02 Urea and DAP sales up by 40% & 35% in 2012 Price incentives helped to keep the sale of urea and DAP at 445,000 and 248,000 tons...