Tag: cotton trade
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA
Average quotations were 134 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: Would Enough Rain In Texas Be Too Much?
Once again showing itself to be a weather market, cotton prices retreated below 80 cents early in the week reacting to the forecast showing West Texas was in line to […]
Shurley on Cotton: Exports, Production Uncertainty Should Offer Price Support
Last week (on May 10,2018) USDA released its monthly crop production and supply and demand estimates. Each year, the May report contains the first projections for the upcoming new crop […]
Cotton Outlook: Global Mill Use To Rise for 7th Consecutive Season
The initial U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2018/19 indicate that global cotton consumption will climb to a new record, continuing the recovery that began in 2012/13. World […]
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA
Average quotations were 131 points 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 41, […]
Global Markets: Cotton – Record World Consumption and Stocks Outside of China
USDA’s first detailed forecast for the 2018/19 marketing year shows world ending stocks forecast down slightly. However, stocks outside of China will increase for the third year in a row […]
Thompson on Cotton: New Crop Breaks Through the 80 Cent Door
After weeks of knocking at the door, new crop cotton prices finally broke through 80 cents last Friday (5/4) and closed above it at 80.57. It appeared market momentum was […]
WASDE Cotton: Smaller Domestic Production, Higher Ending Stocks
The U.S. cotton projections for 2018/19 include smaller production, unchanged exports, and slightly higher ending stocks compared with 2017/18. Production is forecast at 19.5 million bales, based on 13.5 million […]
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA
Average quotations were 15 points 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 41, […]
Thompson On Cotton: Will Everyone Run To The Same Side Of The Boat?
One thing for certain, this market is nothing short of resilient. It’s like one of those Weeble toys, it wobbles but it won’t fall down. Over the past few weeks […]
