The present drought conditions prevalent in Australia will substantially bring down cotton production this year. Reasons for the scarcity of water are mainly low levels of rainfall for the past six months and insufficient storage of water in the dams.
Although plantation of cotton seeds will not be determined until November, it is quite evident that harvest this year would be comparatively much less than 2007.
Experts believe that the existing drought is one of the worst calamities striking Australia in the past 100 years. It had first hit the country in 2002 and has returned in the recent years.
Estimates show that cotton production will drop from 274,000 tons in 2007 to 104,000 tons. Astonishingly, cotton harvest this time will account for being the smallest produce in the past 30 years.
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