Following the floods estimates of Turkish lint cotton planted area and production for MY 2006 were lowered to 640,000 hectares and 875,000 MT (4 million bales).
The government is supporting cotton planting by keeping cotton under the production support system; accordingly the government paid YTL 0.32 per kilogram for seed cotton produced with certified seeds for the MY 2005 crop and announced that it will pay YTL 0.35 per kilogram for MY 2006 crop. The bonus is viewed as a valuable instrument to maintain cotton planting in Turkey.
Turkish cotton farmers, searching for ways to make cotton planting profitable and to compete with imported cotton, reportedly utilized a record number of picking machines this season. According to trade sources about 250 different cotton picking machines --new and used, western and Uzbek—were used this season, the majority for the first time.
Sources also indicate that increasing use of machinery helped to avoid the cost and burden of hand picking labor and made cotton planting feasible for some farmers. The number of picking machines is expected to continue to increase in coming years. It is also reported that cooperatives (Antbirlik, Cukobirlik, Taris) are going ahead with their bio-diesel production plans to cut cost of production.
Losses due to rains in MY 2006 are expected to make some farmers switch to corn and wheat in MY 2007; as a result MY 2007 cotton planting is expected to decline to 600.000 hectares and 850,000 MT (3.9 million bales).
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United States Department of Agriculture
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