Cotton futures are trading with midday losses of 61 to 67 points so far on Thursday. The outside market are pressure factors, as the US dollar index is steady, with crude oil 98 cents/barrel lower and back below the $80 level. Export Sales data showed a total of 316,248 RB...

The USDA says exports sales during the first full week of 2025 generally showed some improvements. Corn, soybean, soybean oil, wheat, rice, cotton, and beef sales were all up on the week as global business resumed after the holidays, but pork sales were down slightly and soybean meal hit a...

Cotton prices are trading with Thursday AM losses of 77 to 106 points so far. Futures closed the Wednesday session with gains of 20 to 27 points. The outside factors were supportive, as the US dollar index was down 150 points, with crude oil $2.99/barrel higher and breaching the $80...

Cotton futures closed the Wednesday session with gains of 20 to 27 points. The outside factors were supportive, as the US dollar index was down 150 points, with crude oil $2.99/barrel higher and breaching the $80 level The Seam reported 5,283 bales of online sales on January 14 at an...

Cotton futures are trading with Wednesday midday gains of 7 to 19 points. The outside factors are supportive, as the US dollar index is down 125 points, with crude oil $1.92/barrel higher. The Seam reported 5,283 bales of online sales on January 14 at an average price of 60.86 cents/lb....

Cotton prices are trading with slightly higher movement on Wednesday, up 4 to 9 points. Futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts down 14 to 21 points across most nearby contracts. The outside factors were mixed, as the US dollar index was down 792 points, with crude oil $0.69/barrel...

Cotton futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts down 14 to 21 points across most nearby contracts. The outside factors were mixed, as the US dollar index was down 792 points, with crude oil $0.69/barrel lower. The Seam reported 11,823 bales of online sales on January 11 at an...

Cotton futures are trading with 12 to 27 point losses so far on Tuesday. The outside factors are mixed, as the US dollar index is down 552 points, with crude oil $1.05/barrel lower. CFTC Commitment of Traders data showed speculators in cotton futures and options trimming 340 contracts from their...

Cotton price action has the market trading with gains of 15 to 32 points higher. Futures closed out the Monday session with contracts 56 to 63 points higher on the day. The outside factors were mostly friendly, as the US dollar index was up just 33 points, with crude oil...

Cotton futures closed out the Monday session with contracts 56 to 63 points higher on the day. The outside factors were mostly friendly, as the US dollar index was up just 33 points, with crude oil $2.21/barrel higher. CFTC Commitment of Traders data showed speculators in cotton futures and options...

Cotton futures are trading with Monday midday gains of 34 to 42 points so far. The outside factors are mixed, as the US dollar index is up 198 points, with crude oil $2.17/barrel higher. USDA raised their cotton production total by 150,000 bales to 14.41 million, as yield was up...

Cotton prices are trading with 10 to 16 point losses to start the new week. Futures posted losses of 70 to 149 points on Friday, as March was down 65 points on the week. The outside factors were mixed, as the US dollar index was up 481 points, with crude...

Cottonfutures posted losses of 70 to 149 points on Friday, as March was down 65 points on the week. The outside factors were mixed, as the US dollar index was up 481 points, with crude oil $2.69/barrel higher. Most of the focus was on the negative USDA data released this...

The U.S. produced more cotton and rice in 2024 than 2023. The USDA says upland cotton production was 13.946 million bales, up 2.196 million on the year and above December’s projection, with increased harvested area of 8.071 million acres canceling out a decrease in yield at 829 pounds per acre....

Cottonfutures are trading with Friday losses of 62 to 67 points. The outside factors are mixed, as the US dollar index is up 451 points, with crude oil $2.32/barrel higher. Most of the focus is on the negative USDA data released this morning. This morning’s Cotton Ginnings report showed that...