According to the Haryana Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department, cotton cultivation in Haryana has declined by 65% from over 8 lakh hectares in 2019-20 to 2.82 lakh hectares in 2025-26. A Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University study attributes the fall to repeated farmer losses, with average net losses of ₹15,143 per acre in the 2025 kharif season.