# Brazil’s Crop to Jump 28% in Coming Season

Author: Jim.Robinson
Published: 2013-10-16
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/brazils-crop-to-jump-28-in-coming-season/

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Cotton prices have been relatively high leading into the coming season – high enough to lead Brazilian producers to dedicate much more land to cotton cultivation than they did last year. Total acreage could reach almost 1.1 million hectares in 2013/14, a jump of more than 20% year-over-year.

The overall crop is expected to be between 22% and 28% higher than the 1.3 million tons harvested last year, reaching a projected total of about 1.7 million tons. The majority of the those gains will be seen in Brazil’s midwestern region, especially in Mato Grosso and Goias.

Higher prices – supplemented by more favorable currency exchange rates – are leading the recovery for Brazil’s cotton production, which was down last year by almost 32% over the banner year growers produced during the 2011/12 season.

Source: [Fibre2Fashion](http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=153974)