The cotton market is trading mixed this morning with contracts anywhere from 10 points lower to 29 points higher. They were back up on Thursday to post gains of 83 to 105 points at the close. The outside market factors are a mixed bag, with crude oil up another 71...
The cotton market was back up on Thursday to post gains of 83 to 105 points at the close. The outside market factors are a mixed bag, with crude oil up another 71 cents and the US dollar index back 193 points higher. USDA’s Export Sales report showed a 38.32%...
The cotton market is trading with 131 to 176 point gains on Thursday’s midday. The outside market factors are a mixed bag, with crude oil up another 48 cents and the US dollar index back 113 points higher. USDA’s Export Sales report showed a 38.32% wk/wk drop in old crop...
Pork export sales fell to a marketing year low during the week ending May 9th. The USDA says that week-to-week dip for pork followed reductions by several key customers including Japan, Mexico, and South Korea. Old crop corn, soybean, soybean oil, sorghum, and cotton sales were also below the previous...
The cotton market is up 84 to 119 points to start the Thursday session. Most contracts showed gains on Wednesday, with futures up 8 to 78 points. The outside market factors were helpful, with crude oil up 79 cents and the US dollar index down 732 points. Export Sales data...
The cotton market posted strength across most contracts on Wednesday, with futures up 8 to 78 points across most contracts. The outside market factors were helpful, with crude oil up 79 cents and the US dollar index down 732 points. Export Sales data will be released on Thursday morning, with...
The cotton market is trading mixed at midday, with July back up 73 points. Other contracts are within 5 points of unch, with the exception to the thinly traded October contracts. The outside market factors are helpful, with crude oil up 14 cents and the US dollar index down 627...
The cotton market is posting mixed trade on Wednesday morning after seeing limit down losses in the July contract on Tuesday. Other contracts settled down 11 to 148 points on the day. Limits are expanded to 4 cents for the Wednesday session Crude oil was down $0.72 and adding to...
The cotton market saw July settled down the 3 cent limit, as other contracts were down 11 to 148 points on the day. Limits are expanded to 4 cents for the Wednesday session Crude oil was down $0.72 and adding to the pressure. Crop Progress data from Monday afternoon indicated...
The cotton market posting 63 to 131 point losses across most contracts on Tuesday, as July is down the 3 cent limit. Crude oil is down $1.13 and adding to the pressure. Crop Progress data from Monday afternoon indicated that 33% of the US cotton crop was planted as of...
The cotton market posted Monday gains of 8 to 50 points. The outside market factors were helpful, with gains of 94 cents in oil and the dollar index down 7 points. Crop Progress data from Monday afternoon indicated that 33% of the US cotton crop was planted as of Sunday...
The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says reference price updates could be an issue with the Senate majority’s farm bill framework proposal. Jonathan Coppess tells Brownfield… “Chairwoman Stabenow is proposing a 5% increase in the reference price for seed cotton, rice, and peanuts,”...
Heavy rains have delayed planting progress for many Tennessee farmers. Corn is 73 percent planted, and 45 percent emerged. Soybeans are 46 percent planted, and 25 percent emerged. Cotton is 28 percent planted. Winter wheat is 89 percent head and 7 percent coloring, with 84 percent rated good to excellent....
The cotton market is trading with contracts up 35 to 60 points across most months on Monday. The outside market factors are helpful, with gains of 45 cents in oil and the dollar index down 120 points. The Friday afternoon Commitment of Traders report showed spec adding 11,765 contracts to...