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Cotton Falls Lower at Midweek
BarchartWed May 14, 5:01PM CDT
Cotton futures saw weakness of 45 to 80 points on Wednesday across most front months. Crude oil prices are trading with losses of $0.78/barrel. The US dollar index is back down $0.074 to $100.873. The Monday online auction from The Seam showed sales of 1,415 bales at an average price...

Cotton Posting Weaker Midweek Trade
BarchartWed May 14, 12:23PM CDT
Cotton futures are trading with slight 6 to 34 point losses at Wednesday’s midday. Crude oil prices are trading with losses of $0.19/barrel. The US dollar index is back down $0.051 to $100.775. The Monday online auction from The Seam showed sales of 1,415 bales at an average price of...

Cotton Sneaking Lower on Wednesday AM Trade
BarchartWed May 14, 7:36AM CDT
Cotton price action has futures down 7 to 17 points early on Wednesday. Futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts slipping 6 to 35 lower. Crude oil prices are trading with gains of $1.67/barrel. The US dollar index was back down $0.789 to $100.810. Crop Progress data showed 28%...

Cotton Pulls Back on Tuesday
BarchartTue May 13, 5:15PM CDT
Cotton futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts slipping 6 to 35 lower. Crude oil prices are trading with gains of $1.67/barrel. The US dollar index was back down $0.789 to $100.810. Crop Progress data showed 28% of the US cotton crop planted as of 5/11, now behind the...

Cotton Mixed on Tuesday
BarchartTue May 13, 12:26PM CDT
Cotton futures are trading with contracts down 18 to slightly higher in some nearby contracts on Tuesday. Crude oil prices are trading with gains of $1.80/barrel. The US dollar index was back down $0.714 to $100.890. Crop Progress data showed 28% of the US cotton crop planted as of 5/11,...
Cotton hauling legislation passes MO Legislature
Brownfield Ag NewsTue May 13, 7:48AM CDT
The Missouri Legislature has passed a bill that would update state policy for hauling cotton. State Senator Barry Bean is a sponsor of Senate Bill 28 and tells Brownfield there are new guidelines on securing cotton bales. “Most of these loads are only being taken a very short distance from...

Cotton Looking at Higher Trade on Tuesday AM
BarchartTue May 13, 7:31AM CDT
Cotton prices are trading with 25 to 66 point gains early on Tuesday morning. Futures fell back from the early session high, but held onto gains on Monday of 2 to 18 points into the close. Crude oil prices posted gains of $1.10/barrel. The US dollar index was back up...

Cotton Holds onto Gains on Monday
BarchartMon May 12, 5:03PM CDT
Cotton futures fell back from the early session high, but held onto gains on Monday of 2 to 18 points into the close. Crude oil prices posted gains of $1.10/barrel. The US dollar index was back up $1.462 to $101.630. Crop Progress data showed 28% of the US cotton crop...
Warmer temps help planting pace in MO
Brownfield Ag NewsMon May 12, 3:32PM CDT
Missouri farmers took advantage of warmer days to plant in the last week, making big strides with cotton, soybeans and rice. USDA says cotton planting is more than halfway complete in Missouri, compared to the previous week at less than 20 percent complete. As of Sunday, 13 percent of the...
Cotton, rice stocks expected to be up in 2025/26
Brownfield Ag NewsMon May 12, 2:12PM CDT
The USDA is projecting larger cotton and rice stocks in the coming marketing year. New crop rice ending stocks are seen at 47.5 million hundredweight, with increased imports and decreased exports canceling out a decline in production, while old crop stocks were up slightly from April to 45 million hundredweight...

Cotton Still Showing Gains at Midday
BarchartMon May 12, 12:06PM CDT
Cotton prices are showing gains at midday on Monday of 27 to 65 points, pulling back off of some early strength. Crude oil prices are trading with gains of $1.22/barrel. The US dollar index is back up $1.447 to $101.615. The meeting between US and China trade reps saw progress,...

Cotton Rallying Following Trade Meeting
BarchartMon May 12, 7:31AM CDT
Cotton price action early on Monday is showing gains of 120 to 145 points, following a productive meeting with the US and China. Futures slipped back on Friday, with contracts down 8 to 15 points at the close, as July was down 180 points last week. Crude oil prices were...

Cotton Post Slight Weakness on Friday
BarchartFri May 9, 5:10PM CDT
Cotton futures slipped back on Friday, with contracts down 8 to 15 points at the close, as July was down 180 points this week. Crude oil prices were back up $1.14/barrel. The US dollar index was down $0.235 to $100.255. CFTC data showed specs cutting another 5,182 contracts from their...

Cotton Sticking Near Steady on Friday
BarchartFri May 9, 12:18PM CDT
Cotton futures are holding near unchanged so far on Friday, with contracts anywhere from up 6 points to 2 points lower in the nearbys. Crude oil prices are back 93 cents/barrel. The US dollar index is down $0.315 to $100.175. USDA’s Export Sales report showed current cotton commitments for export...

Cotton Bulls Gain Back Some Ground on Friday Morning
BarchartFri May 9, 7:29AM CDT
Cotton prices are up 22 to 32 points early on Friday morning. Futures closed Thursday with 49 to 69 point losses. Crude oil prices were back up $2.33/barrel. The US dollar index was up $1.05 to $100.485. USDA’s Export Sales report showed a total of 65,764 RB of 2024/25 cotton...