# ICAC Forecasts 2% Decline in Global Cotton Production for 2026/27 Amid Rising Input Costs and Weather Challenges | Tridge Insights

> The International Cotton Advisory Committee projects global cotton output down 2% to 25.7 million tons for 2026/27, with acreage down 1%. Drivers include a 12% rise in fertilizer prices, Strait of Hormuz disruption, El Niño droughts and competition from corn, with declines in China, Australia and Brazil offset by a rise in India.

- Date: 2026-06-11 · published 2026-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18926-icac-forecasts-2-decline-in-global-cotton-production-for-2026-27-amid-rising
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller world cotton crop reduces cottonseed meal availability, which modestly supports meal prices as higher input costs also constrain planting.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLBSPjPuSjPXBiQRRX49avqK

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