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Mexico cotton production and area planted is forecasted to increase in marketing year (MY) 2022/23, mainly due to high global demand and corresponding high prices. Additionally, drought conditions observed during the planting season over the past two years, has encouraged the planting of cotton over other more water reliant crops.

Continued drought and water shortages is affecting economic activities in Iraq, especially grain production in 2022. The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture cut agricultural cropping in irrigated areas to 50 percent less than the previous year due to shortages in surface water.

The 2021 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world.