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Thompson on Cotton: Expect Continued Volatility, More Market Highs Possible May 16, 2022
And the beat goes on! Bolstered by a bullish WASDE report and on call sales fixations, both July and December futures posted gains for yet another week. July advanced 159 […]
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA May 14, 2022
Spot quotations averaged nearly 629 points lower than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color […]
Shurley on Cotton: USDA’s May Numbers Shift Market Focus Toward Supply May 14, 2022
USDA’s monthly crop production and supply and demand estimates for May show revisions for the 2021 crop and are also the first such estimates for the 2022 crop. We obviously […]
Global Markets: Cotton – World Consumption Forecast Down from Last Year May 14, 2022
Global cotton consumption is forecast at 122.0 million bales, down 1.0 million bales from the previous year. The highest cotton prices in 11 years and concerns regarding the global macroeconomic […]
WASDE Cotton: Smaller U.S. Production on Increased Abandonment May 14, 2022
Despite an expected 1-million-acre year-to-year increase in U.S. area planted to cotton, the U.S. cotton projections for 2022/23 include a smaller crop as abandonment is projected to more than double. […]
Thompsons on Cotton: Market Hits New Contract High for 3rd Straight Week May 9, 2022
Another week has brought another contract high! For the third consecutive and eight of the last nine weeks, December futures set new intraday trading highs last week at 129.91. After […]
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA May 7, 2022
Spot quotations averaged nearly 11 cents higher than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color […]
Thompson on Cotton: Strong Week Despite Month End Profit Taking May 2, 2022
As May futures becomes history, the market is reacting as it did when the previous two cover months expired giving us a scare by selling off significantly from contract highs […]
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA Apr 30, 2022
Spot quotations averaged 53 points lower than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, […]
Thompson on Cotton: Volatile, Sideways Trade Expected for Near Future Apr 25, 2022
Last week began where the previous one left off as December futures rebounded to an intraday high at 124.24 before closing Monday at 123.47 for a gain of a penny. […]
