Cotton prices in Vidarbha region are record high this season with traders offering Rs 3600 per quintal, said the secretary of traders association, Santosh Zunzunwala.

Those farmers who had stocked the cotton harvest of previous year are cashing in on this opportunity.

Zunzunwala attributed high prices to the increasing demand of cotton in foreign trade due to its better quality.

Otherwise the normal price of cotton is Rs 2200 per quintal generally given to farmers.

The traders in Vidarbha are in search of farmers who yet have stocks of cotton crop of last season in their houses, he said.

Contrary to this, the sowing of cotton seeds has been reduced to certain extent and the ginning industry would face sever crisis due to less production of cotton.