
Punjab planted 2.614 million acres of cotton for 2026-27, 18% below its 3.2 million acre target and 512,000 acres lower than last year. Officials linked the drop to weather and new sugar mills drawing growers away from cotton.
Lower Pakistani cotton output means less cottonseed, so Pakistan will likely need more cotton and edible oil imports, which supports regional meal and oil demand.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 181 past bullish weather events, Palm Oil moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -0.9% to +1.9%), and +0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.