India is forecast to gather a record 31 million bales in the year to September after farmers increased the use of genetically altered seeds, Commissioner Singh said. A bale weighs 170 kilograms (375 pounds). The U.S. will plant cotton on 9.19 million acres this year, the smallest in more than two decades and down 15 percent from the previous year, Tennessee-based Informa said last month. ”India is filling in the gap” created by reduced supplies from the U.S., Singh said.